If you live in the United States of America, does the constitution apply to everyone or just a certain race or group of people? I think that if you live here you must follow the same rules and regulations as every other American citizen or pay the consequences. The Native American people are building casinos on their reservations and are disputing whether or not they have to pay taxes like everyone else. I say they should because there is a popular statement that says, ”You only have to do two things in life, pay taxes and die.” And just because our ancestors put them through hard times and killed off a lot of the Indians when they arrived in America doesn’t mean we owe them anything in the 21st century.
I think the states that are holding these reservations with the casinos on them should have the right to tax them just as they do the African America
I would have no problem with them not being taxed if it was on the reservation and only Indians that lived there could gamble, but they are doing this to attract people from all over and make 100% profit. I do think this is a positive thing for their community because of all the money that’s circulating but all casinos do is make money off of people with gambling problems. Some people will spend their life savings at a casino just because they have a mental illness and can’t control themselves. Another statistic shows that in Mississippi after casinos opened a few years ago domestic violence increased 69%, gambling rips families apart, increased the crime rate, and can destroy an individual’s life. At first I agreed that they should not have to pay taxes because that was their land, but after I looked at the statistics and studied the information I agree that the state has the
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