rkiray
03-11-2003, 08:29 PM
His new article struck me as extremely alarmist. I agree with his philosphy and that something needs to be done to rein in the civil litigation/class action suit mafia. I also agree that as long as King George and his right wing religious fanatics are running the country our personal liberties will be at risk. In the article he discusses several trends that he claims that the religious fanatics are trying to ban gambling all across the country. He cites several news stories to back his claims. While I know his stories are true, I believe he is missing and even bigger trend. This trend is huge budget deficeits being run by nearly every state. This is causing all the govenors to search for new streams of revenue. Indiana and Illinois have within the last year liberalized boarding rules for their river boats. I believe Illinois has significantly increased the number of gaming positions in the state. California has gone crazy expanding gambling, and the governor is proposing even more liberal rules. He wants to redo the pact with the Indian tribes to greatly expand the number of slots in the state (in return for a bigger cut of the profits), and wants to legalize internet gambling in that state. I'm sure many other cash strapped states are expanding gambling, I just don't follow the industry close enough to know what's going on in other states.
To sum up, I thought this article was ridiculous, overblown and alarmist.
Rick
To sum up, I thought this article was ridiculous, overblown and alarmist.
Rick