Comments on: Abramoff & Willie Sutton: Knowing Where The Money Was http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/07/27/abramoff-willie-sutton-knowing-where-the-money-was/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brad Beecher http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/07/27/abramoff-willie-sutton-knowing-where-the-money-was/comment-page-1/#comment-15013 Brad Beecher Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:19:42 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/abramoff-willie-sutton-knowing-where-the-money-was/#comment-15013 Indian gaming in this country is now a nearly $23 Billion dollar a year business. Most of those who benefit financially from these businesses are not Native Americans or tribal members but management people from outside the reservation. There is virtually no outside oversight or regulation. Employees have little or no protections. These businesses and all businesses owned by tribes are protected from civil liability both on and off reservations by the concept of tribal sovereign immunity. Federal and State governments are being corrupted. The number and severity of the horror stories is growing. For a sample of what is occuring in the State of Connecticut where I am located feel free to visit my website http://thetisconsulting.com . Connecticut has the two largest casinos in the world. Both are located on Indian reservations. Combined they have some 23,000 employees. For more information: http://thetisconsulting.com/ Indian gaming in this country is now a nearly $23 Billion dollar a year business. Most of those who benefit financially from these businesses are not Native Americans or tribal members but management people from outside the reservation. There is virtually no outside oversight or regulation. Employees have little or no protections. These businesses and all businesses owned by tribes are protected from civil liability both on and off reservations by the concept of tribal sovereign immunity.

Federal and State governments are being corrupted. The number and severity of the horror stories is growing. For a sample of what is occuring in the State of Connecticut where I am located feel free to visit my website http://thetisconsulting.com . Connecticut has the two largest casinos in the world. Both are located on Indian reservations. Combined they have some 23,000 employees. For more information: http://thetisconsulting.com/

]]> By: Gary Hyde http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/07/27/abramoff-willie-sutton-knowing-where-the-money-was/comment-page-1/#comment-14994 Gary Hyde Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:21:58 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/abramoff-willie-sutton-knowing-where-the-money-was/#comment-14994 You have it all wrong, the noble red man would never stoop to dishonest means to further his cause. 500 years of european influence, if nothing else, has shown him that a few well spent beads and trinkets are indeed worth the cost. Who bares the greatest blame, the people who offer the bribe? Or the takers of bribes who have made it acceptable. You have it all wrong, the noble red man would never stoop to dishonest means to further his cause.

500 years of european influence, if nothing else, has shown him that a few well spent beads and trinkets are indeed worth the cost.

Who bares the greatest blame, the people who offer the bribe? Or the takers of bribes who have made it acceptable.

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