http://www.wbta1490.com webmaster@mcpinc.com webmaster@mcpinc.com Kathy Rissew http://www.wbta1490.com/LocalNews/tabid/115/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1808/Firefighters-Appear-in-Court-Then-Run-from-Reporters.aspx#Comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:44:35 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1066 I will first say I do not condone illegal gambling but when I read police statements about the concern for families who have lost large amounts of money to this gambling ring being a cause for concern I cannot help but think of families who lose large amounts of money every day at legal gambling facilities! I see the only difference as being the government makes a lot of money in the legal gambling facilities but do not make any money on illegal gambling. The government is not concerned about people or families who lose vast amounts of money daily in legal gambling establishments. We live in a schizophrenic society and have many double standards. It is fine for taxable facilities to condone and allow gambling, to sell cigarettes and other tobacco products, to sell knock off brand clothing and synthetic marijuana at every corner store in every small town but it only becomes wrong or illegal if the government is not getting their share of taxes on those sales. Double standards cause hypocrisy!!! You cannot really have it both ways. http://www.wbta1490.com/LocalNews/tabid/115/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1808/Firefighters-Appear-in-Court-Then-Run-from-Reporters.aspx#Comments