| How great an idea is that?! Have the Feds and the | | | | I like this idea. No more smoke and mirrors. Just pure |
| states pay tax refunds in your choice of lottery tickets | | | | unadulterated gambling for one and all. Las Vegas and |
| or gaming chips. That would give us all hope for the | | | | Atlantic City might would certainly like this plan, and |
| future! We appear to have zero chance of improving | | | | state-run Native American casinos surely wouldn't be |
| our stations in life as it is, so why not just get it over | | | | too chapped over it. There's darn near one in every |
| with and gamble away our tax refunds the same way | | | | neighborhood by now. "America: It's all about the |
| Federal and state governments have already gambled | | | | jackpot!" |
| away everything else we've paid out to rescue their | | | | Gambling is as American as apple pie and debt. If the |
| partners on Wall Street and Corporate America? It | | | | federal and state governments were to adopt an |
| only makes sense. | | | | out-in-the-open casino mentality, at least we would |
| Why not continue running things in the same clear, | | | | know what we've already known: the House always |
| consistent manner as always? They dole out | | | | wins. Only this time, a few of us would be the |
| American Taxpayer monies to the people who | | | | benefactors. Of course, that doesn't speak well for the |
| deserve them the least: Too Big Too Fail Corporate | | | | masses, but since when did they matter anyway? |
| America. Maybe just removing the veil of secrecy and | | | | Gambling could become the ultimate family experience. |
| allowing an open gambling-only economy would be the | | | | Talk about quality time. And of course, there'd be new |
| wisest and most compassionate way to assure the | | | | jobs aplenty created in the gaming industry. What's not |
| citizens of this once-great Nation that, yes, we're just | | | | to like in this bold new American Adventure? I'm all-in! |
| one gigantic casino. | | | | |