Who is safest candidate for preserving online poker?

[Overdrive]

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Where do I turn? Ralph Nader?



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Ralph Nader has publicly denounced ALL forms of gambling on many occasions. Here is one of his quotes from the Nevada Appeal:

"No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condeming organized gambling.It's the seduction of people who come here as hopefuls and leave here as losers."

Also in the Nevadaappeal.com Ralph Nader said - now get ready for this - that Las Vegas should diversify it's economy and eventually do away with gambling and instead take advantage of the sunny Nevada climate to devolop solar energy and use that to drive their economy.

Ralph Nader? He would even get rid of all B&M casinos if he was in power.

[hmkpoker]

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Why would someone who claims to be a Republican even think of supporting a candidate whose presidential platform included the concept of taxing all personal income over $100,000 at 100%????

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I think it was more like >50% for >50k, and lots of social programs and few taxes for the poor. The inevitable result, of course, will be tons of people making 49k, and economic collapse.

[PoBoy321]

I think you would do better to look towards the Dems since they're not as into legislating moralityy as the Republicans, and if there ever was to be an outcry against online gaming, it'd come from the religious right.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

I think you would do better to look towards the Dems since they're not as into legislating morality

ROFLMAO. What do you think things like welfare, graduated income taxes, social security, are based on? The whole welfare state thing is based on the concept that its immoral to not sacrifice to those who don't have as much. Both side want to legislate morality, they just have different definitions.

Plus, a whole lot of Democrats vote against gambling, which proviked Barney Frank to chastise his fellow Dems saying (paraphrase) "Gambling to liberals is like pornography to conservatives."

[PoBoy321]

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What do you think things like welfare, graduated income taxes, social security, are based on?

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Based on the belief that it's the government's responsibility to wath after the welfare of its people. I don't see how that even comes close to legislating morality.

[BCPVP]

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Based on the belief that it's the government's responsibility to wath after the welfare of its people.

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Why does the gov't (the people) have this responsibility?

[TomCollins]

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What do you think things like welfare, graduated income taxes, social security, are based on?

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Based on the belief that it's the government's responsibility to wath after the welfare of its people. I don't see how that even comes close to legislating morality.

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Why should the government do these things? Because it is moral?

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

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What do you think things like welfare, graduated income taxes, social security, are based on?

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Based on the belief that it's the government's responsibility to wath after the welfare of its people. I don't see how that even comes close to legislating morality.

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What is the source of that belief?

[slickpoppa]

Everyone except anarchists believe in legislating morality. Criminalizing murder is an example of moral legislation that everyone believes in.

The kind of moral legislation that people object to is the legislation of PRIVATE morality such as: who I have sex with, what I watch on TV, what drugs I take, whether I gamble, how my money is spent, etc. Both democrats and republicans are equally guilty fo legislating private morality, but Republicans do it more with respect to sex and drugs and Democrats do it more with respect to how people use their money.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Well put