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Five Thoughts: Online Poker and the Super Committee
In early August, President Barack Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 into law, creating a Congressional super committee whose task is to raise $1.5 trillion. The committee comprises 12 members – six democrats and six republicans – and has the unprecedented power to write a bill that neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate can amend or filibuster – they can only vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Poker Players Alliance are very confident that this will lead to legalization in the United States. The formation of the super committee got us to thinking.
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I can't understand how it is we call this the freest country in the world. People in outher industrialized countries around the world are playing poker online yet we are supposed to be all about freedom and the rights of the individual. A person can go play at a local game almost anywhere in person and pay ZERO tax on their winnings. Since home games are legal (at least in Texas) I now use my former online weekly allotment at a live games. When the economy is rough, the chips are down and the stakes are high, congress should be going "all in" with anything that will raise money and make them look like heros to local voters. Even the conservatives (R) can always use the excuse that they voted for it because there are "taxes that aren't currently being levied" and should be.
08-19-2011 13:01
deberryjThanks for the update on online poker Rich. I always appreciate news in the topic. Keep it coming.
08-19-2011 15:32
Barney Frank is most definitely not a Libertarian. Libertarianism is a principle on the right of the Republican Party. Barney Frank is a politician on the left of the Democrat Party. If Rep. Frank was a Libertarian, he would not be so strongly in favor of regulations. It hurts the credibility of the entire op-ed (which is written about how politics will affect the legislation of online poker) to be so far off on a fundamental piece of information about politics.
It is true that Libertarians oppose the prohibition of online poker. However, it does not follow that all people who oppose the prohibition of online poker are Libertarians.
08-22-2011 05:52
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