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Rules vs People	excon	10/19/06
Hello: I finally figured out WHY people join one party or the other. I get, that all of us want pretty much the same thing. However, Republicans think the problems are caused because we haven’t written the rules exactly right, and the Democrats think the problems aren’t the rules, but whether people will obey them. That’s why people like the Wolverine who, even though he disagrees with a law, will obey it absolutely, because it’s written. Then there are guy’s like me, who question the morality of the law, and make decisions to obey or not, based on that. Neither position works for us as a country. I had a business partner who was designing a job for an underling. As designed, the job had no redeeming qualities, and couldn’t produce any satisfaction for the worker. I said, “if the job isn’t satisfying, we’ll have trouble filling it.” My partner said, “what’s that got to do with it? Here’s the job. Here’s the pay. Do it.” He's a Republican. Republicans think that all they have to do is write a law, and their work is done. People WILL obey, because they wrote it. Democrats worry so much about how a law will be perceived that they don’t write laws that matter. Maybe the solution is, that we have enough laws right now, and they should take a vacation. excon
Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 10/19/06 3:31 pm: I do not know the ins or outs of laundry so I defer . Many of the internet sites that have decided not to do America after the law was signed were operating in the UK and I doubt they were front operations . I think the seedier sights that are/will still operate in the Grand Caymans who will still take a US bet probably are fronts for 'Terror INC'. Indeed, the new law will do little to stop online gambling, say gamblers, betting companies, and industry analysts alike. Instead, the law will drive out regulated, publicly traded companies like PartyGaming, the Gibraltar-based parent of PartyPoker, and make way for private gambling companies and banks based in nations where such industries are loosely policed at best. As a result, the new law could ultimately make billions of dollars in U.S. online gambling transactions more difficult to trace, and increase the likelihood that funds end up in criminal hands. "It leaves an opening for some of the more unscrupulous companies coming in from unregulated places," says Frank Catania, past director of New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement and president of Catania Consulting Group [see BusinessWeek.com, 7/12/06, "Betting Against Online Gambling"]. My point was that the reason there are no domestic sites was an attempt by legislators to protect tax revenues of the States and the profits of the casino "interests " . I think instead of outlawing it in this country they should've embraced it ;figured out a way to tax it ,and use the revenue to combat problem gambling or fund schools like they allegedly do with State run numbers games . Maybe instead of collecting the taxes direct they could set up a licensing system like they do in other 'gaming' like fishing and hunting .I guarantee that it wouldn't take long before reputable casino operators like Trump or Steve Winn would have their own on-line sites and they would give away computers to geezers with free instructions on how to use them .
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tomder55		10/19/06
I'm not Republican but if it means anything ;I routinely violate the speed limits (mostly out of necessity ...I would get run off the highway if I adhered to the speed limits ). makes me a real desperado I guess. I think that laws that are not enforceable or ones that the gvt. chooses not to enforce are a waste and should be reevaluated . I think your internet gambling law is one that should be looked at because I do not believe that the motive of passing the law is public safety as much as protecting State gambling revenues.

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