Comments about ‘Chaffetz fears bill on gambling’

Freedom?? No, no freedom here. Please go elsewhere if you want freedom.

Have you not heard of free agency?

While all of the borders around Utah are making bank on Utahns gambling. We are snoozing and losing cthe money that could be used to pay for our schools. What a joke!
Thats all we need is to continue the oppression.

legalize gambling, stop this madness from the almighty church. I am tired of being oppressed in the state.

Is also legal. And as we know, Utah leads the country in viewing it online. I wonder if Mormons are also closet gamblers...? Chaffetz is right to be concerned. Suddenly Utahns will be helping erase the deficit! Ha ha ha ha ha

20 very close people are affected when someone has a serious gambling problem. Boss, spouse, kids, parents, brothers, sisters, friends, then it is about taking anything of value and ponding it so you can gamble. Utah understands this. We need to fight it. Our state needs to be strong in its values regardless of your religious beliefs. I am not LDS but respect our values as a State. We encourage business to come here and we have always had very good governers to keep our state in the top 5 that attract families and business. Please support our leaders to fight "gambling in Utah", if you want to go to wendover or Malad to gamble then that is great but please lets not make our state another one with a bad vise as gambling. Please.

Don't be stupid.

Gee, I thought that only Democrats wanted to control our lives? I thought that Democrats complained and banned while conservatives exercised their free agency and "changed the channel?"

This just goes to show that Republicans are just as bad as Democrats when it comes to wanting to expand government, control the "free market" and play with our lives.

CHAFFETZ fears;

fears that GLENN BECK has beat him to the punch selling every fear "IMAGINABLE"?

fears that people might make a CHOICE?

fears that he won't be elected again unless he goes off the charts FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR RIGHT?

FEAR INDEED!

Ahhh - another hot button media opportunity for Rep. Chaffetz.

Let's see, Chaffetz doesn't want feds sticking their nose into state affairs, but it's ok for him to stick his congresssional nose into individual personal choices?

I guess it's just a reflection of Republican principles. Freedoms and responsible choices extend only as far as our moral watchdogs will permit.

Anonymous and Fear, Fear
Your mind must look like a garbage dump !!!!!
Get a life and try to something good for a change !!!!!
Did I get that the 'oppression' may get you to move to another state,,,,HOORAY, HOORAY !!!!!!!

...all the greenhouse gases emitted from driving to Wendover or Idaho? Think of all the gas that would be saved? Double shot to the economy!!

We don't need casino's, but it sure would not hurt anything to have a lottery and pari-mutuel gaming! Utah is one of the biggest states in the mountain area in horse ownership. This is an agriculture driven industry which is exactly what a big portion of this state is. There are many horse breeders and owners that live here that have to export their animals out of state to compete in racing, and if we had racing and pari mutuel here we would be one of the leaders regionally in a very positive and clean industry. Let it come I'm ready and willing.

well here's the rub: liberty would say gambling should be legal, but those who become addicted or lose their shirts should not be rescued and subsidized by those who don't make those unwise decisions. those in favor of entitlements (barney frank) introduce a gambling legalization bill but desire to keep expanding government - aid, entitlements, subsidies - w/out reponsibility, as they did with housing prior to the mortgage crisis.
be consistent in liberty and freedom, and where responsibility falls. enough of this 'enabling' and 'nanny state' mentality.

What do you call investing in the stock market? Gambling (sorry) looking for which company stock is going up or down.
Gambling your money for a quick profit (sorry) investing your money for a quick profit.
Sorry, gambling in the stock market is call investing.

Regardless of your religious views on the subject, state lotteries are just bad public policy. These lotteries are essentially a tax on the poor (and yes, I know some of you Republicans actually favor that the poor pay at least something). When I lived in California, you could buy state lottery tickets at the same window where you picked up and cashed your welfare check. There were a lot of people who would drop large percentages of their check on lottery tickets. None of them ever hit it big, as far as I know. After a while the news media exposed this, and California stopped the practice. Nevertheless states that keep statistics show that a disproportionate number of lottery tickets are purchased by people at lower income levels... the people who can least afford the wager. State lotteries are bad public policy.

Please move!

and let live.

So the rest of the country should be stuck with laws that infringe on individual liberty because Utah doesn't want to allow it?

To: To: dave | 5:53 p.m. Oct. 28, 2009
Don't be stupid.

Why do you hate America? America stands for freedom. If you hate freedom you hate America.

God bless America