Here's a novel idea: Calif. Indian Casinos tell employees to save money on health care by...

applying for "welfare" from the state of California, even though the employer offers health care insurance coverage themselves! The catch: the tribal coverage is made to be so expensive that the employees say they can't afford it, and their income is so low by California standards that they can qualify for welfare even though they have jobs working for the casino.

And who pays for all this? Guess who...you and I, the working stiffs with real jobs in this paradise we call Southern California (uh,yeah).

Send those tribal leaders' sons and daughters to Iraq and let them earn their right to be called Americans! Having relatives killed over 100 years ago doesn't earn them any pity or special treatment in my book. And yes, I am proud to be from a country who is not afraid to do a job the "United Nations" was mandated to do and failed to do for 12 years. Those Saddam thugs need to be sent to their glorious deaths as quickly and thoroughly as possible.

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I love the part;

"We oppose this hearing because it is an encroachment on tribal sovereignty,"

Funny that they didn't claim that having received millions from the U.S. Government in the past encroached on their "sovereignty". And now they are currently encouraging the members of their "sovereign" nation to use the California state welfare system?

Sure, sure, the U.S. Government took their land. Can you say that they would be better off if they were left alone? I mean really left alone. No healthcare, no financial aid, nothing. Do you have any idea what the life expectancy of a Native American was like before the mean old U.S. government came along? Not to mention their standard of living, or lack thereof. Does any one of them wish that the U.S. Government simply cordoned off their land and let them live EXACTLY like they had in the past? Get real and get over it!

I don't have a problem with them making a buck with gambling. I do have a problem with them selectively throwing this sovereignty cr** out to get all the advantages of U.S. citizenship with none of the responsibilities.

The survey of 199 low-wage workers found that 46 percent enrolled their children in Medi-Cal or the state Healthy Families program between October 2002 and January 2003, saving the casino some $1 million a year while costing state taxpayers.

There's the bottom line.

Sounds like the Indians are getting lessons from Nevada casino bosses on how to further rip off the public.