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October 29, 2004
Election Thoughts: Props 68 & 70
Unless in-state Indian casinos re-negotiate their current deals with the State within 90 days, Californians would get new and bigger casinos, under Prop 68.
Under Prop. 70, all new deals with Indian Casinos-- and re-negotiated deals with said native Americans-- would tax those casinos as if they were California businesses.
I love these props. I really do. See, my ancestors came to this country recently. While reading Textbooks about how badly we screwed various tribes out of an entire continent (including paying 64 dollars the _wrong_ tribe for Manhattan), I always felt sad that I would never have the chance to be part of the grand American tradition of screwing over Native Americans. Now, with these 2 props, I can!
Dreck. The native American tribes are _sovereign nations_. As much as I would love to tax Canada or France, had we the cudgel to impose it on them with, it would be wrong to do so. Given the history the US has with Native Americans we owe them at least the dignity of no longer inflicting the same old wounds on them. I’m going to say this just once: we don’t “deserve” a “fair share” of Indian money...
Posted by Andrew at October 29, 2004 09:18 PM
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