Native American Reservations: “Socialist Archipelago”

http://mises.org ^ | april 26, 2013 | Andrei Znamenski

[Timber Rattler]

But promised and guaranteed by the U.S. government in their treaties, which can’t legally be abrogated without mutual consent.

[yldstrk]

still totally unConstitutional, huge contradiction

[zeugma]

Personally, I think it's way past time we abandon the legal fiction that indian reservations are 'sovereign nations'.

Here's a good test of that 'sovereignty': Can you manufacture a full-auto machine gun there?

[MasterGunner01]

Trivia time.

Question: How many U.S. government agencies or departments are taking care of American Indians [aka Native Americans] on their reservations besides the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)?

Answer: Sixteen, in addition to the BIA (for a total of 17).

If there was ever a case of blatant waste, fraud, and abuse, it exists here. The U.S. government would save a lot of money though combining programs, eliminating duplication, and trimming the fat from this mess. But, we couldn’t do THAT could we? Nope. Doing anything this logical completely befuddles the morons that populate Washington, DC.

[Timber Rattler]

still totally unConstitutional, huge contradiction

No, it's not...

Article I, Section 8, Clause 3

"[The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes."

THE ORIGINAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE INDIAN COMMERCE CLAUSE