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Originally Posted by NJ Stinks
I totally disagree with you. There is nothing dishonorable about gambling. There is only dishonor in betting more than you can afford to lose.
Being taxed on winnings over a certain amount because you don't itemize is pathetic. What kind of a country would tolerate such an inequity for so long? It doesn't make me any prouder to be an American - that's for sure.
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A lot of people disagree with you about gambling. Even the track management and the horse people consider us degenerates. Almost no one except a gambler would call it a business. Quite a few states and probably a majority of countries do not even allow betting horses. Gamblers are really good at kidding themselves about what other people think about them (even winning gamblers). Most horse players learn very quickly not to discuss their betting with non horse players. My step father was case in point. He thought I should always buy lunch when ever he thought I had been to the track. His logic went. If I won; I could afford to pay. If I lost; if I had money to lose on the horses, then I had money to buy lunch. Tell me you don't know a bunch of people just like him.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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