Shady Posted February 17, 2011 Report Posted February 17, 2011 The premise of this thread is flawed. It's not as much about race as it is about rich or poor.
Scotty Posted February 17, 2011 Report Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) 1. No. The annual Indian Affairs budget is about $14 billion with the majority of it paying for civil service salaries and perks. I find this claim extraordinarily unlikely. About 4-5billion is distributed to Indian Band governments to administer for INAC approved programs and expenditures. The truth is that the "Band Governments" only receive millions from the government - a fraction of what municipalities receive every year in transfers to cover the same services. BUT "natives" do not receive any of it. It is spent on programs and the salaries of the band administrators that run them. This is absurd rationalization. If the money is going ultimately to pay for services and supplies for natives, and being paid to native governments and contractors then to deny it is being spend on natives is silly. Edited February 17, 2011 by Scotty It is an inverted moral calculus that tries to persuade the world to demonize one state that tries its civilized best to abide in a difficult time and place, and rides merrily by the examples and practices of dozens of states and leaderships that drop into brutality every day without a twinge of regret or a whisper of condemnation. - Rex Murphy
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