Congress Bans Cockfighting In US Territories. (WHO WILL PAY FOR THIS???...

We KNOW who will pay...The American taxpayers.

So here comes a bunch of new federal agencies to administer, enforce, adjudicate and punish those who break this new law.  ISN'T THIS U.S. GOVERNMENT OVERREACH?

I'm not saying I support cockfighting because it is cruel, but I DON'T WANT TO GROW THE GOVERNMENT and PAY FOR MORE FAT, LAZY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT "WORKERS" WHO WILL BE DISPATCHED to U.S. TERRITIRIES.

If I were Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Somoa, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands I'd tell the U.S. to SHOVE IT.

Here's an excerpt...

Opponents of the measure approved by the House said it will have a devastating effect on the islands’ economies, noting that in Puerto Rico alone the cockfighting industry generates some $18 million a year and employs some 27,000 people.

“We’re all going crazy. Everybody is desperate,” said 86-year-old Angel Ortiz, who owns a cockfighting ring in the city of Bayamon. “There are so many people who make a living off of this.”

Full story here...

https://www.twincities.com/2018/12/12/congress-moves-to-ban-cockfighting...