Obama DOJ approves internet gambling – tax on the poor? Screw the poor, we got a machine to run: “The memo was written by Virginia Seitz, head of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel and a possible Obama nominee to the Supreme Court. To win Senate approval to serve on the court, she would need the support of Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada.” Home of the gaming industry. Crony capitalism strikes again.
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I stole this line somewhere but use it a lot. "Broke and stupid will always be broke and stupid."
If they don't piss away their welfare this way, they'll piss it away some other way. Either way, it's pissed away.
What Bull said. Illegal gambling is pretty pervasive, so why shouldn't the government get its taste and squeeze out the mob or whoever else is running the underground games?
Because the mob is less corrupt than the government.
Probably so. At least the mob does have an honor code of sorts. Still, I have no problem with legalizing gambling on the Internet or anywhere else and taxing it. I feel the same way about pot too. My libertarian streak, I guess.
I have been advocating the pot thing since the 70's. It would wipe out the debt if the government could stop spending more every time it gets a revenue stream.
Got no problem whatsoever with it, as long as it is taxed...
Oh yeah, getting the approval of Hairy Reid (D- Sands) will be pretty tough, you bet...
This could just be another case of Obama trying to discredit Bush. It was "W" that banned it in the first place.
Internet gambling =was= legal up until fairly recently. I have no problem with the concept. If you make money off it, tax it like any other income. If you lose money - it's money you've spent on entertainment. I don't think anyone should be kicking up some moralistic fuss over it.
Truth be told, I had thought it the Las Vegas/Atlantic City power base that got it banned in the first place (them and Chief Roll-The-Bones.)
It's all about the tax revenue, next up taxing internet purchases.
Not sure whats so wrong with a free american citizin placing a wager on a sports game. Hell its not like i actually started a company and earned the money.
Good thing republicans din't do it, Olivia would have exploded..
I can already picture ITHM's next internet endeavor.