In the course of listening to assorted viewpoints in the casino/slot/gambling issues, many of us have read a great deal, some of which allowed us to more fully focus our perspective.
In other words, monetary benefits for Native Americans have been limited to only a few. In addition, David Yeagley of the University of Oklahoma, himself a Concoche Indian, points out that the idea of "money without labor is the fundamental flaw in the whole concept of the benefits that the gaming industry brings to Indian Country."
Indian gambling is not a case of a rising tide lifting all ships. It is a case of the undertow of greed washing the dreams and hopes of the truly needy back out to sea. In the name of fairness for both Indians and non-Indians, the time has come to draw the line on tribal gambling. We must look to the U.S. Supreme Court to rethink IGRA, and in so doing, restore fairness and sanity to a system that relies heavily on race-based quotas and phony presumptions — a system that has led to an explosion in tribal gambling, headed to a neighborhood near you.
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