Thursday - November 15, 2007

Why do the Democrats Support Online Gambling?

It is bad enough that there are casinos in almost every state these days, but what is worse is that government is more than happy to take in money from a vice, a vice that hurts hundreds of thousands of people every year. Conservatism is not only concerned with issues of economics and foreign policy, but also issues of morality. This is an issue that should be of utmost importance to conservatives who vote based on morality.

Governments make people wear seat belts. They require you to put your children in a car seat. They arrest you if you have more than a few beers, yet governments all across this nation have abandoned their duty to promote virtue and thrift in exchange for easy revenue.

Even worse than the local casinos, Democrats in Congress consistently push for the legalization of online gambling. Can you imagine the addictions online gambling will cause due to the easy and unfettered access? At least the trip to a casino does put up somewhat of a barrier to the action of gambling. Putting slots at the end of your keyboard is sinful and will make gambling addicts by the hundreds of thousands. And additionally, how will Congress police offshore gambling sites to make sure they aren't cheating? Like some company based in the Caribbean won't fix the odds.

Obviously the Democrats in Congress don't care about the social ramifications of online gambling (maybe if it affected illegal aliens it would be different), and they haven't given a thought on how to police these offshore companies.

Additionally, Democrats are backing foreign companies, who are attempting, through the World Trade Organization, to dictate American social policies and American morality. Thank God the Bush Administration is on the right side of this issue and is willing not only stand up to the Democrats, but to foreign companies who wish to dictate to us our standard of morality.

Chairman John Conyers questioned "the selective nature" of Internet gambling enforcement and said a ban enacted by lawmakers last year could end up hurting U.S. relations overseas.

"Continuing with the same old failed policies for the sake of feel-good politics doesn't make sense," Conyers, of Michigan, said at a hearing on the issue.

Conyers did not signal whether he supports any changes to the current law. A bill introduced by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, of Massachusetts, would roll back the ban on Internet gambling that was enacted by Congress last year.

However, Conyers and several other lawmakers on the committee pressed officials from the Justice Department and Treasury Department at the hearing to explain why they are cracking down on some forms of Internet gambling but not others. Read more....

Trackposted to The Pink Flamingo, Perri Nelson's Website, Faultline USA, Dumb Ox Daily News, and Right Truth, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.

Author: The Machiavellian
Technorati Tags: Online gambling Democrats
Technorati Cosmos:
Technorati Watchlist:
Add this entry to: