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Bush Administration Moving to Block Second Life and Other Online "Games of Skill". Thanks Ant.

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Sep 17, 2008, 01:00

dubfanatic

First, it wasn't only Republicans who voted to pass the bill; second, the Democratically controlled congress has had two years to repeal this law--uh, that is, if they wanted to repeal it--which obviously they don't. To be fair, the UIGEA was attached as a rider to a port security bill. Voting against that bill would have been political suicide. Some of the worst pieces of legislation have gone through as riders on big, must-pass bills (e.g. Real ID on a military spending bill). IMO this is one of the biggest, if not the biggest flaw in the American government. This comment was edited on Sep 16, 19:04.

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Comment [quote="dubfanatic"Sep 17, 2008, 01:00]q[First, it wasn't only Republicans who voted to pass the bill; second, the Democratically controlled congress has had *two years* to repeal this law--uh, that is, if they wanted to repeal it--which obviously they don't.]q To be fair, the UIGEA was attached as a rider to a port security bill. Voting against that bill would have been political suicide. Some of the worst pieces of legislation have gone through as riders on big, must-pass bills (e.g. Real ID on a military spending bill). IMO this is one of the biggest, if not i[the]i biggest flaw in the American government. [/quote]

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