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Originally Posted by reddred
"But that doesn’t address a deeper issue shared by many Republicans, including Kyl: They just don’t want the federal government getting into the business of gambling."
Then stay the *** out of it DOJ....
See, this quote from Kyl annoyed the hell outta me. He makes it sound like the US government is going to open up its own online casinos (which I don't necessarily have a problem with, but of course some would see it as eeek, socialism!) when all that's being discussed is regulation and the revenue that would generate. He puts a really sneaky slant on "government getting into the business of gambling." I-poker legislation wouldn't be a case of this anymore than legalized gambling anywhere is. Stupid thing for him to say.
I despair of our government (and many of my contemporaries accepting it because this is the way its always been) ever ceasing to try and legislate preference and morality... and doing it poorly and ever more inconsistently.
Keep in mind this is just one article. While it does give us some information that doesn't sound all that positive, it doesn't mean this is going away. I wish they would hurry, but I still don't think online poker is going to be gone forever. It just doesn't make sense. Its a cash cow that someone is going to want to exploit, you would think.