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Old 05-03-08, 11:20 AM
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I think I'm starting to come around on this.

How can we bitch and moan about Kyl, Goodlatte, et. al. in one breath, and whine about this in the next?

Anything that increases visibility and attracts corporate sponsorship naturally counteracts the forces against poker in Congress.

IMO there are two paths for poker to take.

1: Go back to the old days. Keep it quai-underground. Embrace that as poker players, we're outlaws on some level and thus accept our fate from a legislative/tax aspect.

2: Bring poker completely into the mainstream and hope that by mainstreaming the game we solve not just the legislative issues, but the tax issues as well.

IMO, we can't mix and match the two. While in theory, I'm equally comfortable with both alternatives, in reality the genie is already out of the bottle and choice #1 probably is not viable.

Bring on the corporate sponsorships.
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