Catholic Church right to oppose gambling industry

Roman Catholic leaders in Massachusetts are right in telling voters here that the gambling industry " weakens the moral fabric of society ".  How could a revitalized Catholic social philosophy think otherwise ?  Sudden wealth gained by the pagan god of Chance- without a hint of mental or physical effort- is profoundly corrupting. It seems to me that state lotteries are equally corrupting. Every morning I hear on local radio and TV stations a celebrity voice almost manic in its delirious enthusiasm for pimping for the Rhode Island Lottery. " Have you no shame ? "  I think to myself.

          In general, a vote for gambling is the moral equivalent of a vote for our modern Robber Barron Capitalism. The ONE PERCENT legally walks out the corporate doors with the wealth of nations in their possession.

       Could anything be more " subversive " than a rational view of wealth creation ? Here logic and morality harmonize .