Barney Frank actually said...

If we don't want to tell an 8-year-old what to eat for lunch, why are we telling the 8-year-old's parent, a 28-year-old, no, you can't gamble, we don't think that is appropriate?

Context

Critiques government restrictions on adult gambling based on moral grounds.

11/17/2011

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