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The Bush administration's pursuit of these prohibitive laws follows on the coattails of a rider vaguely prohibiting online betting that was included in a piece of 2006 legislation ostensibly dealing with the security of U.S. ports. While that rider did, in fact, become law, its unclear language -- leaving open the question of what constitutes online gambling -- has left it largely unenforceable. President Bush and Congressional Republicans hope to clarify that language and outlaw the Internet practice before President-Elect Obama and the slew of newly elected Democratic Congress members take office.
In these troubled economic times, we're appalled that the government is trying to take away our one sure-fire means of supplementing our incomes. We mean, it is a sure thing, right? Right? [From: AOL News]
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Subscribe to commentschefgon_ignNov 13th 2008 8:02AM
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SimzeeNov 13th 2008 8:09AM
Bush should outlaw ALL forms of gambling. Period.
Be smartNov 13th 2008 1:09PM
Clearly Bush and others who seek to ban on-line gambling have, as usual, a view that extends no further than the end of their noses.
They obviously have failed to learn the lessons of history, which has REPEATDELY shown that banning the "consumption" of something which many (i.e., a high percentage of the population) favor/desire (whether YOU desire/favor it or not) does NOT stop that item from being made available.
Instead, it causes the consumption by those people who want it to take place underground (think speakeasies in Prohibition, going to "back-street butchers" for abortions, etc.), ultimately resulting in great harm to the populace without "solving the problem" and, in the end, generating MASSIVE profits for those who supply the (suddenly illegal) service or item (think Mafia, drug lords, etc.).
And, of course, when these hoodlums reap all the financial benefit, they become POWERFUL (think Al Capone, Columbian drug lords, etc.) and then have the resources and power to TRULY corrupt legal and political processes (think bribing of judges, police, politicians) to help them RULE the masses for their self-serving benefit (think gangs terrorizing communities in L.A., Chicago, NY, Salt Lake City, etc.).
Nope, like it or not, banning things is NOT the answer. It does NOT make them go away or stop and it DOES give power and money to all the BAD people who would otherwise NOT have access to such a vast resource.
You would think that anyone aware of and advocating the way free-market supply-and-demand works (think Bush, the Republican platform) would be smart enough to recognize that the same thing applies to things like alcohol consumption, gambling, prostitution, etc., and accept that those things ARE going to exist, banned or not, and at least make those things somehow BENEFIT the society/populace, by keeping them legal but making them pay (via taxes, etc.) to engage in such enterprises.
And NOT taxed in a way that is, once again, designed to push them underground but, rather, to a point where it's more economically beneficial for them to stay legal, even though it costs them (think legalized gambling in Atlantic City, legalized state lotteries, etc.).
Remember, every time you buy a lottery ticket, that until very recently, lotteries in the 20th century here were illegal, but people still bought lottery-type tickets ... only it was called "the numbers game" and it was run by the mob, who got all the money from it.
Now that it's legal most places, the STATES and the population get the money and benefit from it (think education, health and senior citizen program funding that is supplemented by revenues from lottery sales). etc.)
DarkLightNov 13th 2008 6:42PM
Exactly..
As much as I hate gambling and people who gamble, making it illegal only makes it worse (MUCH worse)
That's why they want to legalize drugs in Mexico.. That way drugs would stop being a business for criminals, and that would eliminate like 90% of all the crime in here