Stossel: No Group Has Had More Gov't Help Than American Indians

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

this is what happens when someone spills viagra on the internet.

[peejay 327]

Last week a lady hit my car in the supermarket parking lot. I wanted to exchange insurance information with her, but she refused. I said, "you did the damage to my car, don't you think you should be responsible for making it right?" She replied, "certainly not. If I hadn't hit your car, somebody else eventually would have. So you're just trying to hold me responsible for doing something that would have happened anyway."

Okay, that didn't really happen. But it's a good story, no?

And your point is.....?

[ready4ONE 5,400]

And no group has been as severely injured by Federal, State or US Territory governments either. And a good deal of Federal 'aid' is treaty obligated and the price paid for the 99% or so of US land and resources appropriated thereby.

John is a serious moron these days...

[peejay 327]

John is a serious moron these days...

.....along with the millions of Americans that never had one iota to do with what happened several hundred years ago and are paying for it regardless.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I used to live in Alaska, and have a cousin there who's married to a SeaAlaska member. Why_Ne, as usual, is exaggerating, as well as leaving a lot out about life up there. I'll bet he probably refuses his share of the Permanent Fund each year, too.

Not.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

And no group has been as severely injured by Federal, State or US Territory governments either. And a good deal of Federal 'aid' is treaty obligated and the price paid for the 99% or so of US land and resources appropriated thereby.

John is a serious moron these days...

Agreed the natives in North and South America got totally hosed big time. But when do we stop paying ? Do you have any idea how much the natives here in Alaska get from the Feds ? It totals out to the billions every year. They pay for almost nothing...everything is given to them.

They can get a job at a Federally funded native corporation and keep their job just by staying alive. It takes an act of god to fire them. And when it comes to lay offs...they are still there whether they show up for work on time or not. It's so bad in the villages here that they will literally let their village flood over with human waste until the white guy who's working for the native corporation fly's out there and fixes it...even though it's something they can do themselves and within minutes. Lazy doesn't even begin to describe it. It's not like that with all of them, but it's like that with the majority of them.

Free houses...ya they get free HUD houses...brand new ones for ZERO $$$ when were up here busting our balls to make ends meet.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

I for one don't begrudge anything the government gives to the native Americans. This was their land before we got here. The family farm I grew up on was land granted by the government 180 years ago. I found out a while back that the natives living there were forced off so the whites in the area could farm it. While I didn't do it I do feel a sense of guilt that I was able to enjoy the fruits of that land while the people it was taken from were pushed off into land the whites didn't want.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

.....along with the millions of Americans that never had one iota to do with what happened several hundred years ago and are paying for it regardless.

You mean, like those of us who weren't alive for the creation of Israel, but are still paying for that because of White Guilt?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

I used to live in Alaska, and have a cousin there who's married to a SeaAlaska member. Why_Ne, as usual, is exaggerating, as well as leaving a lot out about life up there. I'll bet he probably refuses his share of the Permanent Fund each year, too.

Not.

Really ? Iv'e lived here for the last thirty years and have worked for three different native corporations up here, while my wife is currently working for a native corporation here. So please to tell how I misinformed[/] anyone on here...and don't be pulling your usual on here and go dodging that question of mine. Be straight and detailed.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Agreed the natives in North and South America got totally hosed big time. But when do we stop paying ? Do you have any idea how much the natives here in Alaska get from the Feds ? It totals out to the billions every year. They pay for almost nothing...everything is given to them.

They can get a job at a Federally funded native corporation and keep their job just by staying alive. It takes an act of god to fire them. And when it comes to lay offs...they are still there whether they show up for work on time or not. It's so bad in the villages here that they will literally let their village flood over with human waste until the white guy who's working for the native corporation fly's out there and fixes it...even though it's something they can do themselves and within minutes. Lazy doesn't even begin to describe it. It's not like that with all of them, but it's like that with the majority of them.

Free houses...ya they get free HUD houses...brand new ones for ZERO $$$ when were up here busting our balls to make ends meet.

Sounds like government work. Tell us about the Cobell Trust, Why_Ne.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Really ? Iv'e lived here for the last thirty years and have worked for three different native corporations up here, while my wife is currently working for a native corporation here. So please to tell how I misinformed[/] anyone on here...and don't be pulling your usual on here and go dodging that question of mine. Be straight and detailed.

I've been a consultant to ASRC for close to a decade and an honorary member of SeaAlaska since the 80's. If you hate Natives so much, maybe you shouldn't take their "federal" money.

Edited March 25, 2011 by Sofiyya

[peejay 327]

You mean, like those of us who weren't alive for the creation of Israel, but are still paying for that because of White Guilt?

I don't think "white guilt" pertains to your example. Are Jews not white?

What "white guilt" should I have concerning Jews?

What about the the billions of dollars paid to Egypt?

Lots of questions but no answers.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Sounds like government work. Tell us about the Cobell Trust, Why_Ne.

Seriously why do you bother posting ? To waste bandwidth ? You never lived up here in Alaska or you would have a clue on the Native Claims Act of '72. I work in the oil and construction fields. Native company's get a free ride on those bids.

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=missouri+senator+alaska+native+corporations+small+business&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=a5a5e531dae2a784 <------ Read and learn

btw the free ride for the native corporations in regards to getting all the no bid federal contracts comes to an end next year.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

BTW, teachers in the villages get free houses, too.

[Dan and Judy 614]

You're going with "the lazy brown people want to steal our wimmin?" Seriously?

I thought Exkimos were yellow.