Comments on: Dick Armey: Treasury Dept. should not overreact to Net gambling

An opinion article by the former House Majority Leader says the Bush administration is pushing last-minute regulations that could have "devastating consequences for privacy and e-commerce."

[michaelo1966]

Interesting to see that Republicans are now advocating unlicensed Internet gambling be legalized, or maybe they're saying instead that it should be illegal but we shouldn't enforce the law. Let's see; deregulation coupled with non-enforcement of existing regulatory policy. Where have I heard of that before? How'd it turn out? This would be a good ad for the red-state base: Republicans want to legalize Internet gambling -- vote for Elizabeth Dole if you want to support that.

[declan00]

Ah, but not all Republicans are identical. And in terms of gambling, I suspect a lot of red staters (and blue staters) are happy to go to Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno, and countless other casino-sporting places and dispose of their cash.

[Dr_Zinj]

Laws that aren't enforced teach people to have contempt for all laws. Better to have no law at all, than to have a bad one. Unfortunately, far too many people don't understand that concept.

[cephalis]

Governments that conduct lotteries and give loans to Gulf states gambling enterprises (following hurricane damage) are hardly in a position to criminalize gambling on the Internet. Having grown up in a family made needy by a gambling addicted father, I think all forms of gambling should be illegal.

[BigAlK]

Your point regarding hypocrisy is valid. However the second part is extreme. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Following your logic I would suggest the following.

Alcohol and cigarettes should be outlawed because someone's parent was addicted to these and had kids.

Someone's promiscous mother got AIDS and died so sex should be outlawed.

Someone else's parent ate too much, became obese, and died from a heartattack due to this. Food should therefore be outlawed.

[shanedr]

The Bush administration has been exceeding its authority, including violating the constitution, since 9-11. Trying to stop it now is an exercise in futility.

Perhaps I'm overconfident, but I expect an Obama administration in January. He will have a wealth of things to do, including overriding every misuse of power authorized by Bush over the last eight years. Even so I would expect that he will succeed in removing the Bush effects, for the most part, in his first year as President.

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