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Former Sen. Al D’Amato, (R-NY), on why the government should not make online poker playing illegal.
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Your law breaker how would you know look at America's laws a 160000.
Pages of them.
And these are just the federal ones that are more local ones and among these is a recent law.
That makes Internet gambling illegal.
-- zona senator Jon Kyl who pushed this bill -- online gambling creates problems unlike any other form of gambling.
Could lead to addiction bankruptcy crime even suicide.
So online gambling is forbid.
Unless it's run by the government or if people -- -- horse race.
You have the right lobbyists apparently you can get an exemption.
Itself former senator Al D'Amato -- you must not be very good -- -- job because you're now.
Trying to defend the poker players and it's illegal they -- me too late.
They had they have they retain me a little earlier we would the stop this ridiculous legislation and now millions of Americans.
Cannot I -- poker.
The Internet.
-- they had and they have made people want to its popular but it's not like it's being repealed and the Obama administration is it's on the -- half a dozen major sites -- Have been shut down they just shut down but.
Bull dog dot com if you go to the boat -- -- the Department of Homeland Security has she one of Homeland Security after to remember it.
One of the things they claim is that if there is something to the nation at these sites can be used the money laundering particularly for those.
-- the broad those who come from outside of the United States and that's why children.
The answer the -- you really.
Legalize it.
And regulated.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- When you simply make it illegal and you can't even enforce these laws because the outside -- happened anyway.
What when you had prohibition what happened you had blue lakers making money everybody making money you made it illegal -- bad.
How cool coming in people being blinded people guided sector.
Showed you have to regulated.
But can't make it illegal and by the way.
Could go into a person's home and to say current and the Internet we -- -- -- more and more business and transaction should it's illegal to put it on the Internet.
That's ridiculous.
Forms on the Internet.
So it's about time that the government recognize.
The individual rights of people -- would talk you know we're not talking about Republicans not -- to -- Democrats.
And by the way who my conservative friends I say shame on us.
And -- in -- -- rights of people and you think you're gonna win on this eventually -- get repealed this job.
Yeah I think let me ask you but this is why I'm uncomfortable if you politicians are you pass all these loss -- And then when you're out of office yet flip on the other side you know.
I used to do while -- I wasn't there had to vote on this I -- voted -- once they need to hit followed on.
I used to do a series called give me a break -- make fun of I.
Stupid ideas I thought the very first one I did what was -- -- that's -- I do feel that we're proposing to ban.
Fees an ATM machines sure.
Because ice -- saw.
That the US -- a little guy was being taken advantage of you know which you think people have choices but in some communities particularly.
In impoverished areas they don't have choices they don't have ATMs but if you're a -- -- vast we wouldn't have ATM machine not really not really.
If you can't charge -- -- he can't pay for what you have a lot of banks that don't charge for now and that's competition and that really isn't that they the absence about you also supported the war on drugs he said Reagan wasn't tough enough few -- -- banned flag burning.
He voted to impose trade sanctions on Japan at a time when everybody was scared of Japan what about individual freedom that you just -- -- should have individual freedom but you know.
Trade should be fair trade and and and you politicians society that's fair well you know what if you have tariffs.
That.
Impose a 100% increase -- might automobiles.
And on products that we shipped from the United States.
And and we -- Europe's come in.
Without those tariffs.
That's not for.
Fair trade and so we should have free trade but it should be fair and and I think most people who we and by the way.
That I undertake some things where.
Reflecting back to flat if I weren't running for office and didn't want votes populist kind -- of -- probably would not -- them.
On the drug laws to talk about -- -- -- life poker probably the right let me tell you about the drug -- first of what you have an army and places that they shouldn't be.
Alright and if there weren't weren't when Ron Paul talks about some of these things when we got 50000 troops over Germany for ever -- -- -- Questioning -- tens of billions of dollars annually that are not billing and the ones that have to do with the drug laws I bring them all.
And -- put him on the border.
I closed the border announce that you wouldn't move to drugs and -- -- let me let me just tell you something I think the drug war.
It is one that we abdicated its -- it shouldn't it in name only.
And we're not fighting it the way we can and should but if adults should get to gamble which hurt some people why shouldn't adults get harrowing -- -- and cult it's their choice Coke really very delighted to know what I want social -- taken -- anyone who picks in who takes the F social takes care of the social costs now well that you guys it doesn't make it go way way just gonna I'm sorry when it.
I'm Brooke I'm going too far off -- Bernanke said -- Amato at.
