How free is the "Land of the free"?

[BigTomatoes]

 its the same in this country , you can get married at 16 but if you want to go for a drink and then see a 18 rated movie , you and your wife wont be allowed cos your not old enough

[vegaslover]

It breeches some WTO regulations. That may be the best chance we have of getting the americans back.

Unless it suits the US they dont give a **** what WTO regulations get broken.
The politicians in the US get away with this B******* because they use the same old twist of ' If you don't agree with us you're not patriotic to your country'

At the end of the day the only reason this has come about is because the US don't currently claim taxation from the poker sites.
We all know that in a couple of years they will allow sites as long as they register in the US and pay taxes

[BigTomatoes]

 this act is nothing compared to the patriot act , and the military comissions act

 now they ARE scary , pretty much abandons the American constitution and the bill of rights.

 America is not the land of the free , they have a dictator.

[Claw75]

its the same in this country , you can get married at 16 but if you want to go for a drink and then see a 18 rated movie , you and your wife wont be allowed cos your not old enough

the other thing that gets me in this country is that you are free to leave education and work full time at 16.  You pay your taxes, but you can't vote for the goverment responsible for collecting and spending them for another two years.

[Poppet7]

Maybe not the same sortof thing but you have to pay adult prices for buses/holidays etc sometimes from age 11... but still not considered an adult until you're 18. Silly.