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'Vice is Nice' By Rex Curry, 6/17/2003 3:02:34 AM http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7f2e5244-6bc0-423f-91b8-ae546601195a
Florida's first Vegas-style casino (the new Seminole casino in Tampa) is
another joyous jump toward freedom in the U.S. and worldwide. It will be
a great source of tourism and growth. As libertarians say, "Vice is nice."
Vices have made Amsterdam into an international tourism destination.
On a recent trip, I was invited to speak about U.S. vice laws in the Hague
to the Netherlands Libertarian Party. Holland has casino gambling, legalized
prostitution, and small-scale use of marijuana and hashish. I advocated repealing
vice laws to make the U.S. freer than the Netherlands. As a criminal defense attorney in the U.S., I represent people
charged with vices. I cannot advise clients how to commit crimes. However,
I can tell them what a lot of Americans do: vacation in Amsterdam. Now,
my clients can stay home and visit the Seminole casino. Thank goodness for the "4-i's": Indians, international waters,
international travel and the Internet. They expand freedom. And the Seminoles are doing it without taxes and in defiance of
government. It is fortunate that socialists aren't taxing us to build government-owned
casinos. Instead, hypocrites subsidize competing recreation with tax money
stolen for socialized football stadiums for violent sports. Legalizing vices in order to tax vices is wrongheaded. The government
doesn't need more money. Government needs to shrink. Vices should be legalized,
not for taxes, but because criminalizing peaceful activity is wrong. The Seminoles are an inspiration to fight government's antidisestablishmentarianism.
As an attorney, and a libertarian, and as a future U.S. Senator, I say "Let's
support the Seminoles against the government." Rex Curry is a resident of Tampa, Fl., and can be reached at:
mailto:rexy@ij.net
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