Posted on 06/19/2012 10:31:50 AM PDT by ColdOne
The Supreme Court has ruled that the government must fully reimburse Native American tribes for millions of dollars they spent on federal programs.
The federal government had agreed to fully reimburse money tribes spent on programs like law enforcement, environmental protection and agricultural assistance, but Congress capped the amount of money earmarked for that reimbursement. The tribes sued, and the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver said the money must be fully reimbursed.
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That is some mixture of justices on both sides.
“Wow, that is a strange breakdown! 2 Libs 2 Conservatives 1 Moderate in the majority and 2 Libs 2 Conservatives in the minority. You don’t see that very often!”
The real mystery is Alito’s vote
Why are we giving them any money anymore? They always claim sovereign nation status on their reservation land. Besides they make oodles of money on their casinos.
FED-GUV INC lies to everyone. they must think they’re special.
LOL.
Personally, there is no way I would want to be OWED money by the US Government.
15 trillion and counting; 1 million deeper every minute, of every day......
“Why are we giving them any money anymore?”
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Because like the rest of once magnificent Western Culture, we are morally weak, brainwashed into guilt by ignorant destructive Commies, and in our rudderless confusion, hate ourselves.
We gave them casinos and tax free tobacco, what else do they want?
Gee I dunno, maybe for the gummint to do what it said it would do? I know, damned unreasonable of those savages foolish enough to believe the gummint's word, but, well, you asked...
My ancestors let the US government lease some land from them a couple hundred years ago. To this day, I haven’t seen a dime nor have the deed. I’m not whining about it. This is much like slave reparations. Name one person alive today who was ever a slave... or their parents or grandparents.
Pig ford I & II. Already been done.
They hide it pretty well save for the casinos. The graft goes off reservation our out of the area. The powers dribble enough trinkets off the edge of the tables to keep the natives quiet. An indian health clinic here an indian house there, a little road improvement etc. Just enough to keep it looking good.
In that Clarence Thomas voted to sustain this ruling, you are probably right on this one.
However, as a generalization, the tribal financial fiascos in this country are legendary. It amounts to a black hole where money goes and never sees the light of day.
I don’t want to get into treaty violations and other shenanigans from the past. It seems to me the reservations should have been divided up among tribal members 50 years ago, sold off, and allowed to become private property. The rezzes are just like little Gaza’s.
From my local paper (The White Mountain Independent) just today, case in point.
Investigator: Tribe’s housing authority rife with corruption
Story
Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 5:00 am | Updated: 7:23 am, Tue Jun 19, 2012.
David Roberts - The Independent
“The amount of money taken from the White Mountain Apache Tribe was well over a half million dollars,” said Investigator William Rucker. “When you talk about prosecuting … you’re talking about $750,000 when it’s all over.”
Rucker was discussing his investigation and upcoming fraud and/or embezzlement prosecutions of five or six people recently associated with the White Mountain Apache Housing Authority.
“The housing authority is here to help tribal members provide shelter for their families.
“It takes years on the waiting list. Now because of this many children will go without homes … maybe thousands!”
Rucker was outraged at the crimes he believes he has unearthed at the authority.
Similar story is a recurrent theme 4-5 times per year, going back as long as I can remember.
I have no use for the BIA or the Interior Dept, either. But Indian reservations suck.
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