Sunday, January 08, 2006

Outrage at genetic monopoly

Marc Cooper: "you could argue that the lobbying/legislative-bang-for-the-buck generated by tribal funds is of a rather spectacular level. A few tens of millions handed out to primarily Democratic officials has created, and protects, a booming and lightly-regulated $20 billion a year industry –an industry that is legally sanctioned, no less, as a genetic monopoly. That’s one helluva of a payoff for some campaign contributions, no?
The mushrooming Indian casinos, however, benefit barely 10% of Native Americans while creating veritable new mafias that regularly disenroll tribal members who are disqualified from sharing in the gambling profits."

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