Casino Dispute

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“Casino Dispute”


If you live in the United States of America, does the constitution apply to everyone or just a certain race or group of people? I think that if you live here you must follow the same rules and regulations as every other American citizen or pay the consequences. The Native American people are building casinos on their reservations and are disputing whether or not they have to pay taxes like everyone else. I say they should because there is a popular statement that says, ”You only have to do two things in life, pay taxes and die.” And just because our ancestors put them through hard times and killed off a lot of the Indians when they arrived in America doesn’t mean we owe them anything in the 21st century.
I think the states that are holding these reservations with the casinos on them should have the right to tax them just as they do the African Americans, Hispanics, Caucasians or whatever race you are. We put the African Americans through a lot more hardships than we ever did the Natives and I strongly disagree with them not having to pay taxes like the rest of us! I am eighteen years old, and I was paying taxes before I became an adult. I know that is their land the government set aside for them to go about their lives on, but they are not even responsible enough to hold down a job. Because the statistics show that 50% of them are unemployed and 73% of them that do work make less than 9,000 a year. To me that is ridiculous because I am responsible enough to get up every morning, go to school and then to work. If they can’t find a job on the reservations getting paid more than that I would find a job with the rest of the population.
I would have no problem with them not being taxed if it was on the reservation and only Indians that lived there could gamble, but they are doing this to attract people from all over and make 100% profit. I do think this is a positive thing for their community ...