Posted on 03/17/2020 9:49:48 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - The Native American gaming industry on Tuesday requested $18 billion in U.S. federal aid as it shut casinos that are the sole source of commercial revenue for dozens of tribes in a bid to slow the coronavirus epidemic.
Tribal governments will be unable to provide health and education services and will default on loans unless they get federal support to make up for lost casino money, the National Indian Gaming Association said in a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
"Providing the means for tribal governments to continue paying all employees’ salaries and benefits will immensely help this country recover," according to the letter addressed to Representatives Deb Haaland and Tom Cole of the House Native American Caucus.
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Fokk NO
NOPE!!!
CASINOS?? Cry me a river.
Since when is it the govt’s role to bail everyone out for everything?
Even insurance companies have act of God clauses.
We’re just fuching Santa Claus for everyone? Good God.
Freedonm is Slavery.
No. NOOOoooo. HELLLLL NO!
WOW! I didn’t see that coming...
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Indian casinos only exist because of tribal sovereignty. If you want the fruits of independence you can’t avail yourself of the community pork barrel sorry.
Concur.
If you want to be a separate nation, oh hell no. As you want to be your own nation, you can declare the casino is open. Sorry, hell no...
Mystic Lake Casino south of Minneapolis pays over $1 million a year to every member of the tribe. They’ve got enough money in the bank to survive...
Sure! For a cut of the action.
The insanity! Worse even than bailing out the cruise lines.
Give them nothing. The concept of “sovereign nation” within a sovereign nation is a fallacy. Either they’re American, or they’re not.
They say in their hiring ads, that preference will be given to native Americans. That’s illegal in the USA.
Not a cent. They’ve been raking in the wampum for years now.
I do have to admit that they do bring a lot of revenue to the town: hotels, restaurants, etc. They also do a lot of philanthropic things in the community.
Prior Lake State Bank, just a few miles from Mystic Lake, stood by the tribal members during their difficult years, prior to opening a big bingo palace. When the tribe built Mystic Lake Casino, the bank had to remodel the building to support the bags of incoming cash.
Tribesmen can be identified by their huge 4WD pickup trucks...
Just like Wall Street did a decade ago, thanks to Dubya and Hank Paulson.
You people wanted to be a sovereign nation. So deal with it yourselves. I say this as a Cherokee whose ancestor was left behind and is not on the Dawes Commission roll.
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