Easiest solution ignored FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/13/2010

Easiest solution ignored

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/13/2010 The easiest solution to the jueteng problem, which breeds the corruption problem, is to legalize it, because the problem of jueteng is the fact that it is, and remains illegal. And because it is illegal, there is need to give protection money by the drug lords to high ranking officials and officers of the police and military establishments, as well as mayors, congressmen and whoever is on the jueteng take. Legalize jueteng and there will no longer be any need for the operators to provide protection money to anybody. The jueteng proceeds then go to the government coffers, which will be fatter and there will not be any job displacements for all those who work in the jueteng operations, as they can be legally hired by the government. It would help too, in getting rid of the jueteng problem if the government doesn’t tack on a tax once the game is legalized. Sometimes, it is taxing the winnings that makes it attractive for gamblers, small and big, to engage in illegal games. It is no secret that harassment from authorities come because the game is illegal, as well as this being a way of the authorities to earn big cash by allowing the illegal numbers game to thrive. This jueteng situation today is no different from the days of the prohibition in the US. As the manufacture, shipment and even drinking of whiskey or sprits, and of course “moonshine” were deemed illegal, corruption reared its ugly head with the police force in the payroll of the gangsters..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100713com2.html

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