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June 4, 2012

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Letter to the editor:

Is Uncle Sam a gambler in disguise?

Richard A. Avanzato, Las Vegas

Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 | 2:01 a.m.

Uncle Sam now seems to owe everybody, not unlike the gambler who is into every bookie in town and can’t pay up. So what’s Uncle Sam to do?

Well, he can always hide in his own Federal Witness Protection Program, which would be the most spectacular and breathtaking example of irony ever.

So the next time you play poker in the casino, the player sitting across from you with the exaggerated, black-framed glasses and large rubber nose attachment just might be Uncle Sam himself.

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