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U.S. Internet gambling laws breach WTO rules(Taxation without Representation)
tech.yahoo.com ^ | Thu Mar 26, 2009 | Foo Yun Chee and Dale Hudson

Posted on 03/26/2009 11:29:31 AM PDT by rgr

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A U.S. crackdown on European online gambling breaches World Trade Organization rules and would justify action at the World Trade Organization, the European Commission said on Thursday.

The European Union executive, which oversees trade policy for the 27-nation bloc, said its draft report found that such U.S.

laws hampered trade and thus were inconsistent with WTO rules but stressed it would seek a negotiated solution. "It is for the U.S. to decide how best to regulate Internet gambling in its market, but this must be done in a way that fully respects WTO obligations," EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton said in a statement.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: government; lping; representation; taxation; wto
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To: 1rudeboy

—And only Lou Dobbs and Ron Paul can save us!—

Well, now that you mention it ...


61 posted on 03/26/2009 3:17:03 PM PDT by seatrout (I wouldn't know most "American Idol" winners if I tripped over them!)
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To: seatrout

LOL—If it boils down to those two clowns, we’re doomed.


62 posted on 03/26/2009 3:22:00 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

I guess you’re doomed, then. I’d see Dr. Paul as President ANT day over Obambi OR McLame!!! Zero hope with Zero! Or McLame.


63 posted on 03/26/2009 3:39:32 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: dcwusmc

ANT=ANY!!!


64 posted on 03/26/2009 3:40:13 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: dcwusmc
Ron Paul as President would be an unmitigated disaster, but Obama would eke out the victory on the grand disaster scale.

Thinking that McCain would be worse than Paul is just not very clear thinking.

65 posted on 03/26/2009 3:44:37 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

“Thinking that McCain would be worse than Paul is just not very clear thinking.”

Only to someone who already has no respect for the Constitution.


66 posted on 03/26/2009 4:06:15 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: dcwusmc

Don’t make me laugh. If Paul was elected, I’d probably move to Gitmo because it would be the only place safe from terrorist attack.


67 posted on 03/26/2009 4:07:46 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. At the least, Ron Paul would CLOSE THE BORDERS. Something no one else was (or is) wont to do.


68 posted on 03/26/2009 4:14:20 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: dcwusmc

I’ll wager Ron Paul couldn’t find the border on a map . . . and if he did, he’d start yammering about “foreign entanglements.”


69 posted on 03/26/2009 4:17:47 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

And you’d lose. On both counts. Give it a rest with bashing the man. You have NO IDEA what it is you’re talking about, anyway. That talking points memo is out of date.


70 posted on 03/26/2009 4:21:14 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: dcwusmc
You seem like a bright fellow. I'd like to see your excuse as to why Paul's supporters are so, umm, "challenged." Until you arrived, the guy posting the Paul vids: 1. didn't know the difference between the EC and the WTO, 2. enjoyed posting Democrats whining about this and that, 3. wasn't aware of the legislative history creating the WTO, and 4. misrepresented the legislative history that he thought he understood.

That's simply regarding the subject matter of this particular thread.

71 posted on 03/26/2009 4:33:17 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Then that would be HIS problem, wouldn’t it? Has zilch point squat to do with Ron Paul.


72 posted on 03/26/2009 4:42:17 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: dcwusmc

I saw that a lot during the campaign. “All of the Ron Paul supporters are nuts, but not me.”


73 posted on 03/26/2009 5:16:05 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Now you KNOW that I did not call him nuts, you did, nor have I ever said all RP supporters are nuts but me. Some may have been MORE ENTHUSIASTIC than others... but supporting Ron Paul last year was the LEAST nutty thing one could do!!! Now, supporting Fred or Rudy Or McRomney...????


74 posted on 03/26/2009 5:22:48 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
A U.S. crackdown on European online gambling breaches World Trade Organization rules and would justify action at the World Trade Organization, the European Commission said on Thursday. The European Union executive, which oversees trade policy for the 27-nation bloc, said its draft report found that such U.S. laws hampered trade and thus were inconsistent with WTO rules but stressed it would seek a negotiated solution. "It is for the U.S. to decide how best to regulate Internet gambling in its market, but this must be done in a way that fully respects WTO obligations," EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton said in a statement.
Indian casinos vs the EU and WTO... hmm... who will win... thinking... thinking...
75 posted on 03/26/2009 6:19:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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