The casinos only benefit a few very small tribes lucky to be near large urban areas. Mast native casinos are small “rob Peter to pay Paul” operations providing little or no economic benefit to the tribe.
Tax free tobacco and gambling ‘establishments’ are just two of the ways the natives can ‘get back’ at those who did them in, but they are pretty weak ‘paybacks’. But really, at this point, most of the immigrant population came long after the natives were killed off or relegated to reservations, so what is the ‘collective guilt’ thing? I certainly didn’t have any relatives on the mayflower! At that point, the elite was doing its best to work over my peasant ancestors through exploitation too. Maybe I should be angling to get reparations for the labor my ancestors provided without compensation, or those who died in the black death? :o
Of course the English just let the Irish starve to death, even as they took more than enough grain from the island to care for everyone. What a mess, Darwinism allowing secular people to label them as ‘excess population’ and let them die - the Catholic Church prohibiting them from practicing birth control… Of course what of them as could came here and displaced the red man…
kreole over 13 years ago
Now THAT hits home!
convin9003 over 13 years ago
@dukedog
The casinos only benefit a few very small tribes lucky to be near large urban areas. Mast native casinos are small “rob Peter to pay Paul” operations providing little or no economic benefit to the tribe.
Logicman over 13 years ago
Tax free tobacco and gambling ‘establishments’ are just two of the ways the natives can ‘get back’ at those who did them in, but they are pretty weak ‘paybacks’. But really, at this point, most of the immigrant population came long after the natives were killed off or relegated to reservations, so what is the ‘collective guilt’ thing? I certainly didn’t have any relatives on the mayflower! At that point, the elite was doing its best to work over my peasant ancestors through exploitation too. Maybe I should be angling to get reparations for the labor my ancestors provided without compensation, or those who died in the black death? :o
duaney2 over 13 years ago
Sounds like the Japanese owe a huge reparation to China
Kifariel over 13 years ago
RCMinor:
…and I’M waiting for reparations for what the Saxons did to my Cymric ancestors. ;-)
spiritoflionelhutzlives over 13 years ago
RCMinor…
…as a direct descendant of William the Conquer, I say to you…”phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”…
Respectfully…
rumplesnitz over 13 years ago
Of course the English just let the Irish starve to death, even as they took more than enough grain from the island to care for everyone. What a mess, Darwinism allowing secular people to label them as ‘excess population’ and let them die - the Catholic Church prohibiting them from practicing birth control… Of course what of them as could came here and displaced the red man…
rumplesnitz over 13 years ago
… or died fighting in a Civil War they knew nothing about but got pressed into as soon as they got off the ships…
SaunaBeach over 13 years ago
The Indians are getting back at the Paleface and becoming RIIIIICH!!!!!