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In the TFP today our sheriff was quoted as saying he'd had complaints that people had spent their entire paycheck on video poker and that was why we had to crack down. Is anyone else stunned by this much hypocrisy besides me? I wonder if he's going to appeal to the legislature to repeal the Lottery? Do you suppose anyone spends their entire paycheck on lottery tickets. Again, I contend that the state is only against gambling when the state doesn't get its cut. I'm waiting for someone to prove me wrong.
We have the resources to dispatch undercover officers to catch people playing video poker but not to catch people stealing dogs even when we know who's stealing them? Welcome to Dade County.
_________________ Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. .. those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C.S. Lewis
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If someone is stupid enough to put there money in an unregulated computer on the chance that they could strike it rich, then they deserve to loose it. Instead all the rest of us will loose becuase of the money spent on taking down this sinister operation. I bet the ROI is not worth the bust.
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Re putting your money in an unregulated machine, the term caveat emptor comes to mind. You can't, and shouldn't pass laws to protect people from their own stupidity. People who can't put a quarter in video poker machine will wait till they get a whole dollar and go buy a lottery ticket. Is society any better off if it takes 4 tries to lose a dollar in video poker vs the one draw or scratch off in the lottery? Of course the lottery is "for the children" so that makes it OK as opposed to video poker which only benefits the guy who owns the machine and the person who hits the jackpot both of whom may also have children. we've turned freedom and liberty on its head.
_________________ Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. .. those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C.S. Lewis
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I am with you. What I was trying to say is that the machines in vegas are somewhat regulated so they are suppose to be fair. Even though the odds are terrably against you. But one of these machines the programming could be so it never paid out more than 10 when it advertised 1000. The market will take care of that person in a free society but a person dumb enough to put money in a game of chance that has no idea of the real odds of winning deserves to loose it. And now we will spend somewhere probably around 50k by the time you take into the months of sluething, renting the truck to carry the machines off, bond, motions, discovery, trial, and sentence. The only person that looses on this is we the tax payers. Maybe we should look for better odds next time we go betting at the polling office.
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I agree. If you put money in a machine that can be rigged to the benefit of the guy who owns it you deserve to lose your money. As I said before, government shouldn't protect you against your own stupidity whether it's putting a quarter in a machine, driving without a seatbelt or planning for your own retirement.
_________________ Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. .. those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C.S. Lewis
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Quote: You can't, and shouldn't pass laws to protect people from their own stupidity.
Oh Dade County Jails would NEVER hold that many..... And Ted would be "COOKING" for a bunch here in Dade County....
Quote: More symbolism over substance. If you can't catch real crooks you catch people who are not harming anyone but themselves and then even that is doubtful.
Better than buying campaign ads on the Tv-Radio. But as we know "Tha Fluffer" will give him all the "Air Time" he can... At least we have "Proof" that he has been in the office for the past couple of weeks.... YEEE HAAWWW!
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Picked this from our local paper... Georgia law forbids pandering to the human weakness for games of chance – unless, of course, it happens to be in a good cause.
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