[demnomo]

Go to the Minnesota Star. Do a search under Indian Gaming.
Yeah, Indian Gaming has done some good things, but the bad (increased alcoholism, gambling addictions, organized crime, drugs, greed, in-fighting amongst Indians for power and control of the resources, along with rising animosity from surrounding non-Indian communities who have to deal with gambling garbage) far outweigh the benefits.

Organized crime benefits. Read the Minnesota Star articles going back ten years. Read the Boston Globe exposes. Read the recent TIME and US News magazines of last year. Those articles detail the evil and greed that consumes the casino proponents.

I'm guessing that you must be a casino employee or a gambler who believes that Indian Gaming is swell and doesn't hurt anybody nor does it violate Constitutional principles. IMHO, Indian Gaming--in its current form--is not a positive thing in the long run for Indians or non-Indians.

[Roscoe]

"This administration intends to restore tribal governments to their rightful place among governments of this nation and to enable tribal governments, along with state and local governments, to resume control over their own affairs." (President Ronald Reagan Statement on Indian Policy, 1983, Pub. Papers 96, 99 (1984)).

I'll take Ronald Reagan over the 1980 floor manager of the Democrat National Convention.