Posted on 07/25/2006 11:40:48 PM PDT by MikeNJ
To bad Barney Frank and his Liberal buddies don't apply that same logic to gun rights and the free market .
I agree with you , this is more unnecessary regulation .
its all the payback to the Indian casinos......they get to have all other gambling prohibited so their places thrive......to the tune of billions.....
It sure didn't stop a lot of liberals from wagging their fingers at Bill Bennett, did it?
However, if Congress' underlying purpose for all of this was to stick their noses under the tent of regulating the internet, they would not go after gambling sites (which most Americans don't despise) but go after child pornography (which most Americans do).
I see this more as Republican do-gooderism than a nefarious plot to take over the internet.
If the feds could figure out how to tax the behavior and enforce the taxing they would do so, but since they cannot, they will make it illegal! Typical ... doesn't seem to matter which political smarmists are in power, the nanny state marches ever onward.
There shouldn't be gambling, but the government seems to be taking more and more control over the internet.
And really, who is to blame for this? Every Tom Dick and Harry who frequents Indian casinos and state legislatures that don't allow public casinos where taxes would be paid.
So our govt. can spend their time taking yet another choice from Americans, but we can't have a secure southern border?
We need another American Revolution. Our Government is out of control and a danger to us all.
What is really "disgusting" is that this bill sponsors and a majority of supporters, are Pubs.
Wonder why that is?
The Republican party needs a complete overhaul...
Don't be surprised. Republicans are nanny state lovers too.
The worst absoulute bet you can make is buying a state lotterey ticket,worst odds with the biggest house edge.If these assholes were truly honest about gambling which they are not, they would end state lotteries,the real sucker bet.
The only reason they are trying to pull off this typical righteous republican snow job is because they want a piece.Everybody knows it,everybody sees it,and nobodies buying it anymore.
The oil companies that these frauds are in bed with will starve me before a dollar limit hold em game will.
Internet Gambling truly is a scourge on our society. And no casinos, racetracks and lotteries are not wholesome and beneficial.
Organized crime will not allow competition that takes money away from them.
No distinction between governments and the mafia here...
Mark
Powerball's my retirement plan! I invest $5 a week!
Seriously though, I do play the powerball, because someone has to win, although I also realize that I have better odds of getting struck by lightning while singing opera, while in the basement (and I don't sing opera, or have a basement!).
I've heard lotteries refered to as a "stupid tax," and that's really what they are. Especially when the sales of Powerball tickets were going down, they added some additional numbers, increased the possible winnings (slightly), and trumpeted it as a good thing for the gambers, saying that "Now there are more ways to win!" Never mind that the odds of winning have now been substantially reduced!
Yup, "Stupid Tax" is a good name for it.
Mark
Internet gambling won't vanish from the US due to this legislation. That's one reason why it is such a cynical and transparent gift to wealthy casino political donors.
Everything in life doesn't HAVE to be "wholesome & beneficial".
Go live in the land of bunnies, unicorns and rainbows if you like purity and wholesomeness. I, as a human, like it a little down and dirty on occasion. I like MY bunnies Hugh Hefner style. And, if I want to gamble online (which I don't, never have and never will - not a gambler), I should, as a FREE ADULT, be able to - without some nanny big-brother saying...now, now now...that's dangerous little boy.
"Yes, but casino gambling, racetracks, and lotteries are wholesome and beneficial, and cause few societal problems, if any."
Few problems? Do you have a source to support that statement. I've seen many many problems. Went to the local racetrack one time. Most depressing place I have ever seen. Commercials show all these young beautiful people. They didn't include the 15 people on oxygen glued to the slots. Nor did they include the desperate look 90% of these people had as they bet the last dime of their social security check. Utterly pathetic.
I think it's a payback to the state lottery commissions.
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