The common thief has the decency to leave you alone after he takes your money. But, society's biggest thief, government, steals money, calling it taxation, and then lurks in the shadows to tell its victims what to do, calling it regulation. And, in Las Vegas the government goes one step further, it taxes, it regulates and then competes head to head with private enterprise in the city's largest industry, tourism. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) was born in the 1950's when city and county politicians decided that a convention center was needed to put "heads in beds" … Continue reading Looting in Las Vegas