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“Real Time” host Bill Maher<\/a> lamented the rise of gambling on Friday during his HBO show and told viewers that people still have control of their own destiny in America.<\/p>\n

“So I gotta ask, is this what we\u2019re doing now instead of having an actual economy? I get it. Too many people feel that even clawing their way to the middle class is impossible. Forget fantasy football. Owning a home \u2014 that\u2019s the real fantasy,” he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maher said gambling was mostly done by younger men during the monologue.<\/p>\n

“And yet, half of all millennials do own a home,” the comedian continued. “And most of the gambling is done by really young men, to whom I say: Why don\u2019t you let life kick you in the a– before you give up on it?”<\/p>\n

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The comedian said gambling allows people to stop believing they can control their own destinies.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m sure that an afternoon doing scratch-offs at the gas station is a great way to signal to women, ‘I\u2019m not marriage material,’ but it\u2019s not a retirement plan. Gambling isn\u2019t just bad because you lose the rent; it\u2019s bad because it gives permission to stop believing that you control your destiny,” he added.<\/p>\n

Maher said, “But this is still America, and you still do.”<\/p>\n

“We’re the ‘we don’t accept fate, we make it’ people, not the ‘we’re up all night to get lucky’ people,” Maher said.<\/p>\n

NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE RESPONDS TO BILLIE EILISH’S ‘STOLEN LAND’ GRAMMY COMMENTS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Maher also took aim<\/a> at singer Billie Eilish during his show over remarks the star made about “stolen land” during her acceptance speech at the Grammys.<\/p>\n

Eilish, who won Song of the Year, condemned ICE during her acceptance speech<\/u><\/a>. The 24-year-old went viral when she declared, “No one is illegal on stolen land.”<\/p>\n

“You don\u2019t know facts,” Maher said of the singer.<\/p>\n

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Maher picked apart a transcript of Eilish\u2019s speech, which began with the singer saying, “It\u2019s hard to know what to say.”<\/p>\n

“Then, don\u2019t say anything, \u2018cause you don\u2019t know things,” he charged. “You didn\u2019t go to school, I don\u2019t think, and you don\u2019t know facts.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-laments-rise-gambling-culture-among-young-americans-during-real-time <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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