Try living in America where the unemployment rate is 98%!

by moshe 6 Replies latest social entertainment

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  moshe

  That's right- 98% of the people in this Native American community are UNEMPLOYED! They have no job--

  Where is this reservation? It's in Minnesota, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux tribe. in 1969 when they were officially recognized as a tribe they were less than 20 members with a 250 acre reservation from the 1800's. The tribe has naturally grown over the years, times were hard for them back then-

  They concentrated on their dancing-

  

  and opened a tribal business to cater to the needs of the residents of Minneapolis a short drive to the south-

  They called it Mystic Lake- it proved to be a very profitable

  Casino-

  

  The tribe shares all the profits with it's members, to the tune of $84,000 a month income (=1 million$ per member/yr)-

  so you see it does pay to be unemployed in this tribe.

  In my next life, I want to be born into one of those teepees.
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  botchtowersociety

  The local tribes don't do too bad around here. They get a nice monthly paycheck from the casino operations. I once heard someone tell me it's something like 60k a year, but this was about 10 years ago.
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  Glander

  SUDDENLY...LEROY REALIZED HE WAS IN LINE FOR A JOB INSTEAD OF FOOD STAMPS...
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  Glander

  We live among many members of the Warm Springs tribe, their reservation is nearby. They have a beautiful casino (Kaneta) and an income from it. I don't know what the divvy is but most of them don't work except for salmon fishing on the Columbia, Deschutes, White Salmaon, etc, rivers. They are not subject to any Dept of Fish and Game licenses, limits or seasonal restrictions. Nice people. Different pace of life but unfortunately they have huge problems with drugs, alcohol and domestic violence.
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  Cagefighter

  I rather they get their checks from my failed attempts to make a living at playing poker, than to be scalped in a midnight raid on the next new moon.
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  NomadSoul

  LOL Cage
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  moshe

  I've said this before- if the Native Americans of yore, had only known about the 99 year land lease, we would all be paying rent to them, today.