Warren Buffet VS Uncle Sam

Warren Buffet VS Uncle Sam heads up poker

March 25th, 2009

In recent years the government has done everything in its powers to take away the freedoms and tax dollars of the American people. Poker railbirds talk about collusion at high stakes online poker tables all the time. They never cease to be convinced that there are cheaters in online poker, but mention government and corporation colluding to take tax dollars and you are labeled as a conspiracy theorist.

We are free to go to the casino and pay an extraordinary rake, but if we attempt to play online poker or play at home we are breaking the law? I went to Mountaineer race track in West Virginia and played some poker at their poker room that opened in last year or two. I paid about 20$ in gas to go there and back, plus food when I got there, paid tips to the dealer, and paid more than double what the online rake is. I looked at the table and it said West Virginia Lottery. I asked the dealer why that was there and she said like 40% of the rake goes to the state. OK, so the state gets half the money and uses it to help people in the state. That’s what we are supposed to believe but the problem is that I just don’t buy it. I pay taxes for real estate, school, income, sales, and a bunch of other crap, but I don’t see any improvements in the country I live in. Our school system is a joke, I still have to pay if I go to the hospital, and my country sends troops all over the world to grant other countries “FREEDOM”. So who is free? Me? I don’t really own my house, the bank does. If I had it paid off, I’d still have to pay $6k in taxes a year plus $10,000 in utilities to rip off utility monopolies. It is my belief that our taxes are not going to help the state, citizens, or cities that collect them (or at least 50% of the money). Not to mention I pay to send my son to private school instead of a public school.

I ask you to question these bailouts, budgets, taxes, school taxes, property taxes, and wage taxes. I ask you to question where this money is actually going and why. Why is it OK to fly to Las Vegas and get a $5,000 chip and place it on red and lose, but it’s not OK to play online poker in the privacy of our homes? Why is it OK to buy 1000 shares of ENE (ENRON), but not play online poker?

The shift in income is huge, so much that I saw Warren Buffet playing heads up poker with Uncle Sam for all the new tax money they are taking from us. They were playing 5 Mil/10mil at the Economy super high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker!

Here are some pics from the heads up match:

Warren Bluffet VS Uncle Sam 5m 10m No limit holdem