To: madison46
70. De-politicize Tribal Gaming. YES. Provides a standard gaming compact for any legitimate Indian tribe that asks for it, assessing the corporate tax rate while restoring a free market to operations on Indian land. It would remove gaming from the tortured political environment that now has pitted tribe against tribe in winning monopoly franchises. A standardized system is the best protection against the unjust political favoritism that we're seeing today.
Damn, Tom, when did you go off the deep end.. Ahh, yes, those contributions from the tribes that never mean anything to you. Newsflash Tom: Every compact negotiated by Arnold gives much better terms to the state than this does. The only favoritism involved is you bending over for Milanovich and his cronies. Not even Viejas could stomach this power grab.
17 posted on
10/08/2004 1:07:54 PM PDT by
kingu
(Which would you bet on? Iraq and Afghanistan? Or Haiti and Kosovo?)
To: kingu; afnamvet
Yes, you can see Tom's contributions from the tribes have gotten him to go for #70; however, I'm tired of the tribes. Time for them to be riegned in. Sent off for my absentee ballot today.
23 posted on
10/08/2004 1:35:02 PM PDT by
madison46
(Give IRAN nuke fuel?? Your nutz)
To: kingu
Every compact negotiated by Arnold gives much better terms to the state than this does. The only favoritism involved is you bending over for Milanovich and his cronies. Not even Viejas could stomach this power grab. I beg to differ. Under proposition 70, Tribes would pay the Corporate tax rate. Under today's rules, you have backroom deals with no set amounts; that's opportunity for lots of sleazy deals and corruption. Proposition 70 results in the tribes paying MORE, not less to the state, and eliminates the backroom deals. It also would apply to all tribes, not just the tribe promoting the intiative.
That being said, it also expands the type of gambling in California and the length of the franchise to 99 years. I'm not sure that I'm for that, but from the State revenue perspective, it is an improvement over what we have today.
To: kingu
RE: your statement arnie did a better job hosing the indians.
Why do you think that tribes should be 'taxed' at a higher rate than a corporation in the state of California?
49 posted on
10/08/2004 4:21:06 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
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