Want an example of FAILED socialism in America? Just look at Indian Reservations.
Mar 6, 2020 20:40:03 #
We've all heard about how many bad things the U.S. government did to American Indians in the past. But what about today?
Like most people, the only time I hear about today's American Indians is when people are outraged about sports mascots or team names, like the Washington Redskins. But sports teams' names are the least of Indians' problems.
Did you know that Indians have the highest rate of poverty of any racial group in America? Did you know that alcoholism is more common among Indian youths than among youths in any other ethnic group? Did you know that the rate of child abuse among Indians is twice as high as the national average?
Until I visited Indian reservations for my book, The New Trail of Tears, I didn't know any of this. What was at the root of these terrible problems? I wondered. And the deeper I dug, the more I realized that, between the 19th century and today, nothing has changed: it's still the government.
The two main agencies that oversee the activities of Indians who live on reservations are the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or BIA, and the Bureau of Indian Education, or BIE. Education, economic development, tribal courts, road maintenance, agriculture and social services – the federal government basically funds and controls all of it. It's no wonder Indians say BIA stands for “Bossing Indians Around.”
Together, these two agencies have combined budgets of $3 billion per year, and have 9,000 employees. That's one employee for every 111 Indians on a reservation. Of that $3 billion per year, the BIE uses $850 million of it to educate 42,000 students. That's more than $20,000 per student, compared to a national average of $12,400 per student.
Plenty of other federal agencies also have programs for Indians. For instance, the Indian Health Service had a 2015 budget of over $4.6 billion. And yet, there are widespread and documented reports of nurses being unable to administer basic drugs, of broken resuscitation equipment, and of unsanitary medical facilities.
Obviously, inadequate funding isn't the problem.
The billions of dollars that the federal government spends on Indians every year hasn't made their lives better. In fact, by most measures of economic and social health, the lives of American Indians are only getting worse.
Aside from issues of culture, the only way out of this morass is economic growth, but the reservation system makes this almost impossible. Following a series of treaties and laws over many decades - some well intentioned, some not - the federal government decided to hold Indian land “in trust” in order to prevent non-Indians from ever buying that land. But other than Indians, the only people who have things held in trust for them are children and the mentally incompetent.
Can anything better illustrate the low regard the government has for American Indians?
The awful consequence of this land trust is that Indians can't sell their land, which means they can't use it the same way other Americans do – for example, as collateral to get a loan to start a business. What bank would lend to landowners who don't own their land?
The other effect of this absurdity is that Indians can't develop this land that they don't own. Indian reservations contain almost 30 percent of the nation's coal reserves west of the Mississippi, 50 percent of potential uranium reserves, and 20 percent of known oil and gas reserves. Those resources are estimated to be worth nearly $1.5 trillion. But the vast majority of Indian lands with natural resources remain undeveloped because of federal regulations.
For instance, for Indians to get permission to mine for coal on Indian land requires 49 steps spanning four federal agencies. Each of these 49 steps can take months or years to be approved. There are so many government regulations that just to apply for a permit to dig a hole costs $6,500.
Is it really any wonder that this community is mired in poverty?
So, what can be done?
For starters, end the trust system. Let Indians do what they want with the land they own. Get the massive federal bureaucracy out of the way. Give American Indians the opportunity to embrace the same thing that has lifted millions of other people out of poverty and into the middle class: free enterprise.
It won't happen overnight, and it won't be easy, but it will do a lot more for American Indians than changing the name of the Washington Redskins.
I'm Naomi Schaefer Riley for Prager University.
https://www.prageru.com/video/american-indians-are-still-getting-a-raw-deal/?fbclid=IwAR2WwCRTkEYnm0ieacjm0yID1An7JnwdbWFm9-3nnhGLzCtivPPTj-Te7xs
Like most people, the only time I hear about today's American Indians is when people are outraged about sports mascots or team names, like the Washington Redskins. But sports teams' names are the least of Indians' problems.
Did you know that Indians have the highest rate of poverty of any racial group in America? Did you know that alcoholism is more common among Indian youths than among youths in any other ethnic group? Did you know that the rate of child abuse among Indians is twice as high as the national average?
Until I visited Indian reservations for my book, The New Trail of Tears, I didn't know any of this. What was at the root of these terrible problems? I wondered. And the deeper I dug, the more I realized that, between the 19th century and today, nothing has changed: it's still the government.
The two main agencies that oversee the activities of Indians who live on reservations are the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or BIA, and the Bureau of Indian Education, or BIE. Education, economic development, tribal courts, road maintenance, agriculture and social services – the federal government basically funds and controls all of it. It's no wonder Indians say BIA stands for “Bossing Indians Around.”
Together, these two agencies have combined budgets of $3 billion per year, and have 9,000 employees. That's one employee for every 111 Indians on a reservation. Of that $3 billion per year, the BIE uses $850 million of it to educate 42,000 students. That's more than $20,000 per student, compared to a national average of $12,400 per student.
Plenty of other federal agencies also have programs for Indians. For instance, the Indian Health Service had a 2015 budget of over $4.6 billion. And yet, there are widespread and documented reports of nurses being unable to administer basic drugs, of broken resuscitation equipment, and of unsanitary medical facilities.
Obviously, inadequate funding isn't the problem.
The billions of dollars that the federal government spends on Indians every year hasn't made their lives better. In fact, by most measures of economic and social health, the lives of American Indians are only getting worse.
Aside from issues of culture, the only way out of this morass is economic growth, but the reservation system makes this almost impossible. Following a series of treaties and laws over many decades - some well intentioned, some not - the federal government decided to hold Indian land “in trust” in order to prevent non-Indians from ever buying that land. But other than Indians, the only people who have things held in trust for them are children and the mentally incompetent.
Can anything better illustrate the low regard the government has for American Indians?
The awful consequence of this land trust is that Indians can't sell their land, which means they can't use it the same way other Americans do – for example, as collateral to get a loan to start a business. What bank would lend to landowners who don't own their land?
The other effect of this absurdity is that Indians can't develop this land that they don't own. Indian reservations contain almost 30 percent of the nation's coal reserves west of the Mississippi, 50 percent of potential uranium reserves, and 20 percent of known oil and gas reserves. Those resources are estimated to be worth nearly $1.5 trillion. But the vast majority of Indian lands with natural resources remain undeveloped because of federal regulations.
For instance, for Indians to get permission to mine for coal on Indian land requires 49 steps spanning four federal agencies. Each of these 49 steps can take months or years to be approved. There are so many government regulations that just to apply for a permit to dig a hole costs $6,500.
Is it really any wonder that this community is mired in poverty?
So, what can be done?
For starters, end the trust system. Let Indians do what they want with the land they own. Get the massive federal bureaucracy out of the way. Give American Indians the opportunity to embrace the same thing that has lifted millions of other people out of poverty and into the middle class: free enterprise.
It won't happen overnight, and it won't be easy, but it will do a lot more for American Indians than changing the name of the Washington Redskins.
I'm Naomi Schaefer Riley for Prager University.
https://www.prageru.com/video/american-indians-are-still-getting-a-raw-deal/?fbclid=IwAR2WwCRTkEYnm0ieacjm0yID1An7JnwdbWFm9-3nnhGLzCtivPPTj-Te7xs
Mar 6, 2020 20:57:36 #
EyeSawYou wrote:
Like most people, the only time I hear about today's American Indians is when people are outraged about sports mascots or team names,
The last time I heard about today's American Indians, was a couple of days ago when she is no longer running for president.
Mar 6, 2020 21:02:07 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter
Loc: Los Angeles
travelwp wrote:
The last time I heard about today's American Indians, was a couple of days ago when she is no longer running for president.
You mean faux-Indian 'Liz Forked-Tongue Warren?'
Mar 6, 2020 21:04:30 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter wrote:
You mean faux-Indian 'Liz Forked-Tongue Warren?'
Yes, the very same !
Mar 6, 2020 21:04:51 #
Mary Kelley
Loc: San Diego, CA
Your data given here for your book on American Indians (Amerinds or Native Americans or wh**ever various names they're called) was very interesting. I will look forward to reading the book. Please let us UHHers know when & how we can purchase it. I didn't see anything about the numerous casinos those people are operating, which, I've noticed, have considerably improved at least much of the housing on the reservations. I hope you will discuss this too. In keeping with our photography forum, the book will hopefully contain many photos.
Mar 6, 2020 21:17:45 #
Mary Kelley wrote:
Your data given here for your book on American Ind... (show quote)
I apologize for the confusion, this piece was written by Naomi Schaefer Riley of Prager University not myself. :)
Mar 7, 2020 01:37:35 #
EyeSawYou wrote:
I apologize for the confusion, this piece was written by Naomi Schaefer Riley of Prager University not myself. :)
Now that was funny... someone thinking YOU wrote that piece!!! Must be a newcomer to The Attic.
Mar 7, 2020 02:42:55 #
JohnFrim wrote:
Now that was funny... someone thinking YOU wrote that piece!!! Must be a newcomer to The Attic.
Same could have been said about you D Azz.
Mar 7, 2020 04:05:04 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
Let’s not forget that Hitler copied the reservation system.
Another bit of little known history is WHY the Little Big Horn massacre happened.
Another bit of little known history is WHY the Little Big Horn massacre happened.
Mar 7, 2020 07:46:55 #
Steelecrique
Loc: Pineville, NC
Really?
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Founded in 2009 by Dennis Prager and Allen Astrin, PragerU short for Prager University is a non-profit organization that creates videos on various political, economic and philosophical topics from a conservative or right-wing perspective. PragerU is not an academic institution. It is strictly a conservative Youtube video channel and news website. The following disclaimer is located at the bottom of the website: PRAGER UNIVERSITY IS NOT AN ACCREDITED ACADEMIC INSTITUTION AND DOES NOT OFFER CERTIFICATIONS OR DIPLOMAS. BUT IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE FREE TO LEARN.
Dennis Prager is a Neoconservative radio host and columnist for the far right and questionable WND. Prager believes that Christianity is under threat from secular l*****t universities and therefore created PragerU to counteract them. PragerU has developed two partnership programs to help cultivate relationships with educators. PragerU’s Educator Program supplies teachers with lesson plans and study guides that accompany their videos. Additionally, secondary school teachers and college professors can register their classes through PragerU’s Academic Partnership program, which lets students sign up and allows teachers to monitor their students’ progress.
Read our profile on United States government and media.
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PragerU is a non-profit that is funded through donors such as hydraulic fracturing billionaires Dan and Farris Wilks and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, which advocates for low immigration and human influenced c*****e c****e denialism. Other large donors all hold conservative views as well. The organization has a $10 million annual budget, of which it spends more than 40% on marketing.
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Mar 7, 2020 08:25:31 #
Mar 7, 2020 08:35:54 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
Steelecrique wrote:
Really? br br https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/prag... (show quote)
Visit a reservation and get back to me.
Mar 7, 2020 09:18:50 #
LWW wrote:
Let’s not forget that Hitler copied the reservation system.
Another bit of little known history is WHY the Little Big Horn massacre happened.
Another bit of little known history is WHY the Little Big Horn massacre happened.
If u can find something good about it please post
Mar 7, 2020 09:30:45 #
EyeSawYou wrote:
We've all heard about how many bad things the U.S.... (show quote)
Very sad yet very true. I traveled with my Grandmother in the 1950's where we visited several Indian Reservations and the conditions were pathetic then as they are now. This situation is a classic example of the effect of government involvement. The bureaucrats are more concerned with protecting their own jobs and benefits than they are improving the lives of the people they are charged to care for. NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
It is not 'because of the President' neither then nor now. It is the embedded bureaucrats and the bloated expense of maintaining them. Visit the offices of the Indian Affairs and then visit a home on the Reservation and ask yourself which are living better.
The same holds true for the VA medical system. Not the doctors and nurses, but the administrators and the expenses which do not improve the lives and health of our nations patriots.
A typical government employee is a lifetime position compared to the private sector where they expect results to continue ones employment.
Mar 7, 2020 09:34:44 #
Steelecrique wrote:
Really? br br https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/prag... (show quote)
I love it! When somebody can't dispute facts, they just attack the source. Can you actually dispute any of what was said in that video? I don't think so.
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