There are some that feel gambling is morally wrong and irresponsible, they also feel that because of this, the government should prevent or punish people for taking part in these activities. Anyone that feels this way might as well just take the constitution and put it into a shredder and let the government tell them how to think and live and die.
I strongly support the right of free people to do with their hard earned money as they see fit. Gambling as are many other things such as smoking pot or drinking alcohol is ultimately a matter of personal choice. As long as I am not forced to underwrite their losses, it is none of my or the governments business what gamblers do with their time and money.
It is too bad I wasn't given the option of whether to support the gambling by AIG or the banks that foolishly leveraged themselves into a position of insolvency and is using my money to do the same thing that they did before the crash and burn. It's too bad I had no choice but to underwrite their losses with my tax dollars.

Government intrusion into the Internet poker issue is not about limiting personal freedoms. It is only about the government's present inability to tax Internet gambling. Once they pass the taxation of amounts wagered (not amounts won) the government's objection to gambling of any form will vanish.

Will Rosegay