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Originally Posted by longsuffering
Oh yeah. When I think living the good life with al the material things our society has to offer, I always think of life on the reserve.  |
His overall point is correct though.
They expect to have the same quality of life as the off-reserve population while living in communities that are unproductive and provide zero economic benefit. I'm not saying all reserves are like that, but ALOT of them are.
I had a case study in university on an isolated native community in Northern Manitoba that relied on government provided air transport on a weekly basis as their access to health care. The community had serious problems with kidney disease (which I believe was caused by their diet but I can't remember) and thus many patients were being flown in and out for dialysis. Once the government announced that they would no longer be funding the free rides to Winnipeg there was outrage. They felt they were entitled to live where they live AND 1st class access to healthcare despite the fact that you know... they don't pay taxes, there community doesn't generate any economic value and was located hours away from any real population center.
I'm sorry but I don't think the government should be subsidizing their choice to live in these far flung locations that can't support their population.