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21 November 2008
Chicago columnist urges new US administration to
grasp a profitable global cyber vision
Popular Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich has urged
the Obama administration once in power to overturn the
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, thus
grasping a profitable global cyber vision.
In an entertaining wish list for the US
government-in-waiting, Schmich writes:
"I'd like our incoming president to bring us an image of
grasping a profitable global cyber vision.
"Specifically, I want our Poker Player-elect to
obliterate the unworkable Unlawful Internet Gambling
Enforcement Act, which was deviously attached to the
SAFE Port Act in 2006 and hastily rushed to finalization
last week by the lame-duck Bush administration.
"The UIGEA makes banks, the U.S. Treasury and Federal
Reserve the watchdogs for illegal transactions on
Internet gambling sites by, among others, people who
play poker online.
"The money-men told Congress they aren't sure which
transactions should be considered illegal, and besides,
doesn't the financial sector have bigger things to worry
about?
"The point should not be to stop people from playing
online poker. The point should be to make money from it.
Regulate it, tax it, reap millions. Governments back
lotteries, which prey on the stupid. Why should people
playing a game of skill such as poker get the criminal
treatment?
"Your deal, Mr. President."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-talk-forum-chicagonov18,0,6840302.column
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