The Poker Players Alliance and Pocket Fives are sponsering today as National Write Your Congressman Day. The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act passed the House Judiciary Committee and could be voted on by the House in the near future. Please take the time to write your Respresentative and Senators and let them know that you are opposed to this Act.
It is easy just click this link and follow the instructions. You can send a form email or customize your email directly to your Representatives and Senators from this link.
Pocketfives also released a podcast today to help launch today's efforts.
Links:
Pocket Fives National Write Your Congressman Day
Poker Players Alliance - Email your Representative/Senator Link
Poket Fives Podcast Page
Below is a response from my Representative, to give you an idea of what we are up against. Please take the time and email them now.
Response from Ric Keller (R) - Orlando:
Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns. I appreciate hearing from you on this issue.
As you may know, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act (H.R. 4777) was introduced by Congressman Bob Goodlatte on February 16, 2006. H.R. 4777 was referred to the House Judiciary Committee where it awaits further action.
While I understand your concerns regarding this issue, I must inform you that I support HR 4777. I believe internet gambling serves no legitimate purpose in our society, but instead is a danger to our society and families. Internet gambling is a growing cause of debt collection problems for banks and the consumer credit industry. This cost is ultimately passed on to the American citizens since banks are federally insured and the credit industry can pass its costs on to consumers. Unregulated gambling websites are a direct pipeline of dollars out of the United States into virtually unknown hands, making the financial services industry susceptible to criminal and terrorist activity and U.S. citizens vulnerable to identify theft and other personal scams.
Again, thank you for contacting my office. Please do not hesitate to contact me again at any time should you have any additional comments about this or any other legislative issue. Also, please visit my Web site at http://keller.house.gov/ for regular updates.
Sincerely,
Ric Keller
Member of Congress
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"Unregulated gambling websites are a direct pipeline of dollars out of the United States into virtually unknown hands, making the financial services industry susceptible to criminal and terrorist activity and U.S. citizens vulnerable to identify theft and other personal scams."
THEN REGULATE IT AND COLLECT TAXES YOU DUMBASS!!!!
Oy. Do these people have a shread of original thoughts in their heads or are they truly mindless drones of whatever group pays them the most money?
Unknown
12:38 PM
Time to thank Mr Keller for his stay in office and vote his ass out.
Anonymous
1:15 PM
He's so concerned about passing on the cost of increased debt collection, but not a bit concerned about having my kids pay off a couple of trillion dollars worth of debt in a few years.
What do you want to bet that Mr. Keller's a staunchly religious man?
C.L. Russo
4:18 PM