Jackie Danicki

Gah, this is one of the stupidest, most infuriating laws ever passed (and no, I’ve never made an online wager in my life). I like this summation, via Julian Taylor in the comments here:

It is a strange meeting of the Republican party’s religious right, which feels it has an obligation to stop people living with the Devil in Hell, and the far left of the Democrats, which think that some people are not smart enough to spend their own money and need to be protected.

From someone called Brad:

“…betting with a credit card can undercut a player’s perception of the value of cash…”

This line is the most insulting of all in my mind. The Federal Government does more distorting of perceptions of wealth and the value of ‘cash’ in a day than such outfits could do in a century.

If this protector of man from himself can help me get my mind around the likes of a $46 Trillion debt that the Federal Government has created, then I might have some little respect for his opinions.

Gambling sites which are primarily owned by American companies - such as horse racing and lotteries - will remain legal. Don’t worry, it’s all for the “common good”:

Not to mention they sucessfully eliminated competitors to the various state lotteries, which is “good” and “safe” gambling. After all, no one abuses the lottery system by buying tickets instead of necessities, just because tickets are sold in grocery stores, convenience stores and gas stations everywhere.

And you’d be a fool to forget that the US government thinks it owns you - even if you’re not an American citizen:

A non US citizen who is not living in the States can do something that is lawful where he lives and the Americans want to be able to extradite that person to the US to face criminal charges?

Yep! Thanks, scumbags.

What a sick world we live in when anyone looks to the government to provide anything but hypocrisy, idiocy, and massive headaches.

Filed under: Law, Politics, The State Is Not Your Friend