[humor] "I won't raise taxes," says Schwarzenegger, "Except for the Indians."

NewsHax ^

[Sir Gawain]

"I won't raise taxes," says Schwarzenegger, "Except for the Indians."

NewsHax wire -- Vowing to join a long line of European settlers who have made and broken every treaty signed with America's native inhabitants, Arnold Schwarzenegger is promising to rewrite Proposition 5, a law approved by a majority of voters in 1998 granting Indian casinos the right to conduct limited gaming on their sovereign lands.

"We're not surprised at all," says a spokesman for the Pala Indian tribe outside of San Diego, "Every treaty we've ever made with the white man has been broken to our disadvantage. Our only real question was how long the settlers would wait this time around." (more...)


When asked about the apparant contradiction between pledging not to raise taxes yet simultaneously threatening to raise taxes on Indians, Arnold replied with the only answer that explains the disparity in his stated positions, "They are not real people."

Schwarzenegger has been leading a calvary charge on Californias airwaves recently with ads stating that Indian gaming casinos pay no taxes and how he will hold them accountable. However, Indian casinos pay the state over $130 million a year in revenue sharing, and almost all of the individual revenue split among the tribes is subject to both federal and state taxes.

Nonetheless, Arnold is refusing to back down. "I said I stand for the rights of immigrants. Native Americans are not immigrants, Europeans are immigrants, and that's who I stand for."

[Sir Gawain]

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[isthisnickcool]

Hey Arnold. There are 850,000+ nonprofits in America. If you take a good look at a lot of them they should pay taxes.

[Sabertooth]

Nonetheless, Arnold is refusing to back down. "I said I stand for the rights of immigrants. Native Americans are not immigrants, Europeans are immigrants, and that's who I stand for."

Hasta la vista, Busty.

[theDentist]

Indian casinos pay the state over $130 million a year in revenue sharing...

... of course last year they brought IN a combined profit of $5 Billion.

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[Sir Gawain]

You know, freepers really are dumb if you have to add "humor" to a title when I posted it under the "Humor" topic.

[doc]

Exactly right, their profit is astronomical. You won't read that in the press.

[Fred Mertz]

(R)nold really has it in for the redskinned folks. Satire is effective when it closely mirrors reality.

[Fred Mertz]

Yeah, wassup wid dat?

[Sir Gawain]

Exactly right, their profit is astronomical.

And profit is bad, right? Because capitalism is bad, right?

[headsonpikes]

If you wanted real humor, you should have PhotoShopped El Rushbo in an orange jump-suit, doing the perp-walk!

Nasty dopers are destroying America!

(/sarcasm)...for those who need guidance.

[vbmoneyspender]

That's a good one. </Schwarzenegger accent off>

[Calpernia]

So this is like the Onion?

[Sir Gawain]

Yeah it's a satire site.

[Calpernia]

Ah. Ok.

[KellyAdmirer]

And Native American casinos should be tax exempt and not participate in helping fix California's fiscal crisis because...?

[glock rocks]

Yeah it's a satire site.

<glock smacks forehead>

maybe you should have put something in the title :o/

[EggsAckley]

ping

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

"We're not surprised at all," says a spokesman for the Pala Indian tribe outside of San Diego, "Every treaty we've ever made with the white man has been broken to our disadvantage. Our only real question was how long the settlers would wait this time around." (more...)

Arnold break promises? Only in satire! Gee wiz, do you think he can squeeze all 38 out of those mean Indians? I support their Independence and right to participate in our process, but if this humor is really on target, maybe he could just betray them again and balance the budget...naaaaa, that's the joke, he's just going to raise mine.