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It’s time to legalize online gaming
Reason’s Zach Weissmueller reports: In a bid to help California’s struggling economy, Gov. Jerry Brown has authorized the state’s first off-reservation casinos. The Tribal Business Alliance, representing the interest of current Indian casino operators, is against the measure. Earlier this year Reason TV spoke with David Quintana, a lobbyist for the Alliance, about another gambling […]
Read moreAmericans say privately-run schools perform better than government schools
“Seventy-eight percent of Americans say children educated in private schools receive an excellent or good education, more than say that about four other types of U.S. schooling,” according to a new Gallup poll released Aug. 29. 69 percent say parochial or church-related schools do an excellent or good job educating students, and 60 percent say […]
Read moreNYC government punishing bar smoking more harshly than school smoking
New York City schools are dropping suspensions for students caught skipping class, cursing, or even smoking on school grounds. Thanks to government, a student caught smoking in class faces a lighter penalty than one caught smoking in a bar. Last year the city passed a law imposing a $50 fine on anyone caught smoking outdoors […]
Read moreObama admin: Too few Americans ‘turn to government for assistance’
The Obama White House has created a new website to combat a nationwide crisis — despite welfare spending growing to an all-time high, Obama is concerned not enough people are getting government assistance. The new government offensive comes after a poll showed only 15 percent of Americans turn first to the government when they’re short […]
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