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Papa Bush, during his presidency, raided the social sercurity surplus in order to keep the deficits down. Democrats complained about this, but nobody seemed to care. Senator Moynihan (D) proposed legislation that would legislate the use of the SS surplus the way Bush was already quietly doing. Of course, to a democrat social security is a sacred cow, so this proposal got a lot of media attention. Moynihan wasn't serious about using the social sercurity surplus this way, he just wanted Bush's actions to be noted by the public. And on that he was successsful. Moynihan and his proposal got a lot of media attention.

What if Barney Frank, at some point, tried the same kind of ploy with UIGEA. Suppose he said one day that maybe he was wrong about online gaming, that it is a bad idea and should be stopped. Suppose further he called on Kyl and the other architects of UIGEA to join with him on finishing what they had started: Specifically, new legislation that would include all online gaming under the umbrella of UIGEA.

The hypocracy and true intentions of these folk would be revealed to the general public, not just us. They would have to hem haw(sp?) around about how some online gaming is evil, but others are OK. In short, they would have to explain their ridiculous position in a more obvious setting. I know none of this would likely, in the end, change the current situation, but at the very least it would help to knock these hypocrits off their moral high horses, and put them on the defensive. And in politics, the best thing you can do is put your opponents on the defensive.

So what do you think?