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#601628 - 07/10/07 10:19 AM
$895 Million Owed NY by Tribes
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bluezone
Diamond Member
Registered: 12/19/04
Posts: 26789
Loc: USA
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Daily Policy Digest
State & Local Issues / State & Local taxes
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Once a gambling enriched-tribe acquires land, the new "reservation" becomes a sovereign nation, exempt from all local and state laws, zoning ordinances, labor rules, environmental reviews, and American rules of due process and fair play in law enforcement, says Jan Golab. In addition, the "reservation" and business built on it, including a casino, has complete tax exemption. This policy erodes the local tax base and reduces government revenues.
Because of the numbers of casinos established in California, this poses a serious problem for the state's struggling economy:
In 2002, revenues from newly built casinos in California soared to $5 billion per year -- but the casinos paid virtually nothing to the state.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Indians must collect sales tax from customers who are not Indians, but nearly all tribal businesses ignore this rule, resulting in the undercutting of competing non-Indian businesses.
Although they pay little in taxes, gaming tribes seek to influence the political process -- spending over $120 million to push their candidates and ballot initiatives in recent years. That is more than George W. Bush spent nationwide to be elected President.
The impact is just as grave in other states, says Golab:
In Oklahoma, $580 million in annual sales and property taxes are lost to Indians in the state.
New York lost $895 million in 2002 by failing to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by Indians.
Because of the erosion of state and local tax base, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken on the Indian gaming industry in California and is asking that they contribute 25 percent of their earnings to the state, or approximately $1 billion.
Source: Jan Golab, "Arnold Schwarzenegger Girds For Indian War," American Enterprise, January/February 2004, American Enterprise Institute.
For more on American Enterprise
http://www.taemag.com
For more on State & Local taxes
http://www.ncpa.org/iss/sta/
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#602857 - 07/12/07 11:51 PM
Re: $895 Million Owed NY by Tribes
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LaughinWillow
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Registered: 04/12/01
Posts: 1950
Loc: State of Emergency
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Don't you people ever think it's, well, IRONIC to complain about what you're "owed" by native peoples? I mean, really - isn't it the height of arrogance to demand that people who were driven to the edge of absolute extinction, stripped of their lands and culture, and cheated out of what they were promised in almost every single treaty your country signed with them pay you anything EVER??? Are you going to honor their original treaties? No? Then maybe you should quit your whining. God.
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#603394 - 07/13/07 09:58 PM
Re: $895 Million Owed NY by Tribes
[Re: bluezone]
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LaughinWillow
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Registered: 04/12/01
Posts: 1950
Loc: State of Emergency
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Why should tribes honor agreements with you, when their agreements weren't honored?
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#604299 - 07/15/07 06:18 PM
Re: $895 Million Owed NY by Tribes
[Re: bluezone]
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LaughinWillow
Senior Member
Registered: 04/12/01
Posts: 1950
Loc: State of Emergency
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Are you joking? The vast majority of treaties that the US signed with native tribes have NEVER been honored. I mean, if you really want, I can compile a list, but I feel like this is pretty common knowledge. I just don't get why you or anyone else thinks you're "owed" anything from native tribes. It's just hilarious. And the notion that because there are "fat cat" leaders profiting in the tribes, therefore they should pay taxes is ridiculous. You don't even require your own wealthy to pay the taxes they should - why not start with them instead of hassling indians? Seems a bit hypocritical to say anything about natives simply following in the footsteps of your own "great" country.
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