Monday, January 22, 2007

Gambling Supoenas, Nanny State, Republicans, Etc...

Take a look at this article out of the NY Times.

Generally, the justice department has increased it's reach when it comes to the Nanny State. First, they deemed the online sites that facilitate gambling illegal, giving precedent for what happened today, issuing subpoenas to Wall Street investment banks for their investment in said illegal gambling sites. This would be the first time that prosecution would be pursued for investment in businesses that are legal in their own country.

This, it strikes me, if prosecution is pursued, is extremely worry some. The Republican Congress has made its mark and it isn't a positive one. The bill was sneaked onto the port bill, contained dubious information regarding the possibility of online gambling addiction, circular logic when it comes to regulation, and and overextends what the justice department was meant to do.

This behemoth of government social conservatism posing as "security" is a trend I am not comfortable with. Frankly, I think the party of small government is becoming the party of "large morals." With their narrow view (or at least misguided view) on morality, small government isn't possible within those constraints.





BqTM

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good for people to know.