Senator Proposes Internet Gambling Help Fund Health Care Reform

[JeffreyS]

Internet gambling regulation received a strong endorsement over the weekend as one senator proposed to help fund health care reform by collecting taxes generated through the regulation of Internet gambling.

Specifically, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) offered an amendment in the Senate Finance Committee that would dedicate the tax revenue generated through implementation of the currently pending Internet Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act (H.R. 2267) to increase low-income subsidies provided through the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009.

We applaud Senator Wyden’s proposal and hope the Senate Finance Committee approves the resolution.

It’s about time Congress ended the failed prohibition on Internet gambling that leaves Americans unprotected and unlicensed offshore operators as the only beneficiaries in a thriving marketplace.

Here is a link to a release we just put out on the Wyden amendment.

To learn more about our efforts to regulate Internet gambling, please visit our web site.

Thanks,

Michael Waxman
Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative

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[coldcall]

Sorry for bumping such an old thread, but does anyone else think it's a bad idea to bribe us with our own money? I suppose it's better than borrowing trillions more to fund "free" health care. *sigh* There still ain't no free lunch.