Students or horses? The Pennsylvania question

Education advocates want to repurpose Pa.’s generous horse-racing subsidy May 2021 THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE reports: Pennsylvanians favor re-focusing casino tax subsidies — long earmarked for horse racing — to other public purposes, with 83% favoring a switch in the $240 million yearly allocation and 10% preferring continued support for the horse racing industry, according to…

1,400 dead horses, a fading sport, and huge subsidies — Pennsylvania horse racing faces a reckoning

Introduction Sam Wood, reporting for the Philadelphia Enquirer, has written a much needed and eye-opening report entitled "1,400 dead horses, a fading sport, and huge subsidies — Pennsylvania horse racing faces a reckoning." We are aware of the carnage on America's racetracks. We are aware also that horse racing is a fading sport and has…

PA Gov. Wolf’s move to end horse racing subsidy a good bet

Pennsylvanians only, please contact Governor Wolf and tell him you agree Pennsylvania should put an immediate end to horse racing subsidies and instead spend that money on education and other beneficial programs. Thank you.

Why we call for an end to U.S. horse racing

We call for an end to U.S. horse racing because it is past reforming. The horse has bolted. Additionally, there appears to be no one in American horse racing genuinely interested in, or knowledgeable and capable of, reforming it. If we are wrong then show us who they are, what they purport to do and…