Surprise!
And when MILLIONS are destitute because of easy access to gambling, expect a mass bailout of these idiots.
For the taxes on money won. Tada.
For the first time in my life, I agree with Barney. I say repeal all the nanny state laws.
I prefer my gambling illegal, thank you.
I agree with Frank on this one. UIGEA is a horrible, uneforceable bill that had to be snuck through in th3e dead of night by attaching it to the port security bill at the last minute.
Broken clocks, blind squirrels and all that.
I don’t know. I don’t gamble and tend to think its foolish but being stupid with one’s own money isn’t any of my business.
Find a means of excluding welfare bums and I would be fine with it.
Somebody already beat me to the broken clock metaphor but it still applies here.
In Bwaney’s mind, perverison is perversion is perversion (homosexuality, gambling, substance abuse)...and to him it’s all ok.
Hey, I didn’t know it was illegal!
But, if Barney likes it, it’s probably bad for America.
Period.
The call for nanny government gets in Barney’s way... now here’s a twist.
Huh? There are only 8 states in the nation that don’t have sponsored lotteries. All of the state lotteries allow you to purchase tickets online from out of state.
A lot of the states that don’t have lotteries, have casinos, horse racing, dog tracks, and bingo casinos, etc...
Add office and bar sport pools, sport betting, local card games, and whatever else people gamble on and you have a society that gambles. I frankly don’t see much difference from an idiot that gambles his money away on a government sponsored lottery or over the internet.
Internet gambling should be legal, monitored for fairness, and taxed like the other thousand of ways people gamble that the government sponsors or allows.
“Children of compulsive gamblers are more likely to engage in ...
Exsqueeze me but the correct term is:Degenerate Gambler
And they're not exactly a bunch of laughs to be around.
(Ya can't hit them and you certainly can't kill them)
I 'recall' seeing my first, Degenerate Gambler, when I was about 20 -- he was friend of mine from Little League and High School. He was curled up in a corner at Sportsman's Race Track pouring over the racing form likeit was the Bible, while surrounded by filth. I was with my 'Two Amigos', who also knew him. (We were the Three Musketeers, we went and did everywhere together)
Well, my old friend 'Bill' could barely take the time to talk to us, he had to 'concentrate' on making his next bet. And he looked like a GD wino.
So IMO the last thing we need is easier access to gambling.
(I've been going to 'The Track' with Family since I was about Eight so I've seen all kinds of Pony Players. But me seeing my old Little League friend like this made me sick)
This is starting to shape up like the FR drug threads... get Gov out of my face versus we’re going to hell in a hand-basket.
As someone who doesn’t believe in big government running our lives i’d welcome the move.
Sure. Why not? Let's have a new tax, and maybe have a look at my shopping habits or whether I visit "subversive" internet sites while you're at it. FU Barney, and all of your Gestapo pals.
"These are times that try men's souls."
ML/NJ
I gotta go with the fag on this one. The government has no business interfering with what I choose to do with my money. That’s what private property is all about.
I don't believe these figures, one of the reasons we lost in 2006 was because of the outlawing of internet poker.
The only reason he wants to legalize it is so he can tax it. No thanks. I’m do just fine with it being so called “illegal” and I don’t have to pay any vig to these money grubbing whores in government.