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Originally posted by fotze@Apr 22 2005, 01:36 AM
I am sure Lanny will say cut all the funding and let them try to swim. But I think there can be a more efficient way.
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Nope. I'm completely against that. I'm all for cutting them off in the future, but right now is the wrong time. They need to know that they are on their own after day X and build toward that. Fund them until that date then the money stops. If they wish they can have interest free loans for certain types of projects (infrastructure and social programs) over the next 25 years, but that needs to stop as well. They need to get on their own feet and make it happen for themselves. No more victim charade. No more pointing at the white man and crying over something that happened 200 years ago. Its over, move on. Don't cry for your ancestors who are nothing but memories and worm food nut nuild for your childrens future and their childrens future. Leave them a legacy that is something more than a tired cliche that they have to live down. Leave them something that they CAN take pride in and can build upon.
Oh, and have them learn to work WITH the people who live around them rather than against them. The whole Weaselhead issue has been a sore spot for as long as I can remember and its about nothing but politics. The revenues the natives could bring in from that roadway project could likely build them a fantastic educational facility where they could promote their culture to their own children and those of other races as well.