[Pinki Tuscaderro]

Should nationally recognized tribes be compensated for treaties that were broken by the United States government?

[Paquadez]

Originally Posted by Pinki Tuscaderro

Should nationally recognized tribes be compensated for treaties that were broken by the United States government?

If all tribes and ethnic groups were compensated for real and/or imagined wrongs, then the World would be in an even bigger mess than it is already!

Paq

[lizard]

Originally Posted by Pinki Tuscaderro

Should nationally recognized tribes be compensated for treaties that were broken by the United States government?

Yes. Seems like fraud to me.

[Zaney1]

It's not fraud by any means. What it is though is economically unsupportable much like recent healthcare legislation. To put it in the vernacular our mouths wrote a check that our butts can't cash ! Reparations and all of that is a pipe dream.

[BanditFlyer]

Hypothetically, yes.

Couple questions:

1. How?

2. Who? Keeping in mind that things like the Cherokee Trail of Tears often had responsible parties on both the Tribal and US sides, how do you keep from rewarding the betrayers?

[Stoner]

Just to add to the mix......which tribe should be compensated.....the one that made the treaty, or the one that was displaced by the tribe that made the treaty?
Or the tribe before that?
Life seems a series of displacements.

[TooBad]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Just to add to the mix......which tribe should be compensated.....the one that made the treaty, or the one that was displaced by the tribe that made the treaty?
Or the tribe before that?
Life seems a series of displacements.

Too true, Stoner!

Who will pay reparations for the greek slaves that the Persians took? Or the European slaves that the Africans took long before it was the other way around? If you want to be a victim, there iare plenty of wrongs in the past you can attach to your particular situation.

[Pinki Tuscaderro]

Why does accountability always equal money in the eyes of people in this country? Did I say anything at all about money? Capitalism makes me ill.

[Blackmirror]

How many more threads are you going to start lol

[BanditFlyer]

Originally Posted by Pinki Tuscaderro

Why does accountability always equal money in the eyes of people in this country? Did I say anything at all about money? Capitalism makes me ill.

Going back to my original question then, How?

[clhcpa]

Originally Posted by Pinki Tuscaderro

Why does accountability always equal money in the eyes of people in this country? Did I say anything at all about money? Capitalism makes me ill.

Most people associate the word "compensation" with payment. Perhaps if you had used the word "accountability", people would have responded accordingly.

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by Pinki Tuscaderro

Why does accountability always equal money in the eyes of people in this country? Did I say anything at all about money? Capitalism makes me ill.

Should nationally recognized tribes be compensated for treaties that were broken by the United States government?

You are confused......you did propose compensation.

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by clhcpa

Most people associate the word "compensation" with payment. Perhaps if you had used the word "accountability", people would have responded accordingly.

Figures, a CPA beat me to it


Hi Cari

[clhcpa]

Hi Jack.

[AcaCandy]

Originally Posted by Pinki Tuscaderro

Should nationally recognized tribes be compensated for treaties that were broken by the United States government?

Hi there, just an informative post for you. Please review the forum rules regarding "FORUM FLOODING." Thank you