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Originally Posted by Slava
I can't believe no one else thanked this. Its business. If I sold my house for a ridiculous amount of money my buddies would give me high fives and congratulate me. The TTN got a good deal because they had a buyer who really wanted the property. To suggest 'white guilt' is an factor is just plain wrong. Its business, and the TTN had one chance to make this deal. They were completely fair here and just made sure to make a deal that they could bring their voters to get acceptance.
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Precisely, these people were simply maximizing their profit, and everyone else would have done exactly the same thing. It's their land based on treaty, they had the leverage. Want a road? Pony up. The end.