David Chase and the writers probably felt that going into whether Paulie was actually Italian and eligible to be made would be too Godfather-ish, not to mention distracting from the story about Paulie and Nucci.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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