tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-50135499594629753852007-12-21T21:55:00.000-08:002007-12-21T21:55:00.000-08:00Arnie, the Austrian Immigrant who largely rose to power by lying about the economic influence of a small ethnic minority, and blaming them for an economic downturn?<BR/><BR/>That's the guy that's going to come up with a "sane answer" to the Injun problem?<BR/><BR/>We've got these things called treaties, which, suprisingly, we're supposed to honor. These aren't treaties made between First Nations and the various States (which are prohibited from making treaties with Foreign Powers), but between First Nations and the Republic.<BR/><BR/>People of any ethnicity can open casinos in any State which allows them, but Reservations are governed by Tribal and Federal law, and States have absolutely no jurisdiction over them.<BR/><BR/>None. Got it?<BR/><BR/>Sovereign Nations. <BR/><BR/>Sinking in yet?<BR/><BR/>That these duel citizens receive benefits; tribal scholarships, or Casino revenue, or land-lease revenue; that people who are not duel citizens do not receive is no more under a States control than if a duel American-British Citizen receives a pension from the UK.<BR/><BR/>To what extent these First Nations share revenue with one another is no more under the control of a State than to what extent Sweden sends economic aid to Zimbabwe.<BR/><BR/>Whether or not American citizens elect to go throw their money away in Casinos on Soveriegn First Nation territory is no more a States business than if Americans elect to go throw their money away in Nevadas Casinos.<BR/><BR/>When should they shut their Casinos down? When and if they feel like it.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you should try adressing them about it, if you think it's a good idea for them to do so, instead encouraging yet another attempt to strip them of their treaty rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com