Heh.
A Native American tribe in northern Wisconsin is following through on its promise to withhold nearly $1 million in casino revenue from the state. The payment of $923,000 dollars is due today.
The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians is withholding the money because of the expansion of a nearby casino in Wittenberg run by the Ho-Chunk Nation, according to tribe President Shannon Holsey.
“What I’m saying is until our dispute can be resolved, we have the ability to withhold it within our gaming compact and that’s what we intend to do,” Holsey said.
Wisconsin’s racist laws toward gambling are outdated and counterproductive. In Wisconsin, it is illegal to operate a gambling establishment – unless you are a Native American tribe… then it’s OK. They get a pass and they do not have to pay taxes on their profits. Instead, they pay an agreed-upon tribute in lieu of taxes that they can withhold at whim, as these folks are doing now. The state has almost no recourse to force them to pay like every other profitable Wisconsin business.
Wisconsin’s ban on gambling is rendered completely meaningless in the presence of giant Native American casinos and a state-sanctioned lottery. Let’s just abandon the ridiculous pretense and legalize gambling for anyone. That way, at least, the competition will serve as a check against behavior like this.
Right on!
Another swamp cleaning measure.
Maybe the state should close the roads leading to the casino… it is road construction season after all.
Never thought of this … a great idea.
Let’s ask Chris Christie how that worked out for him.
If you can draw parallels between “Bridgegate” and withholding certain public services for a private and for-profit organization attempting to strong arm the provider of public services, I’m all ears.
Just put a DUI checkpoint on either side of the casino.
It doesn’t matter what I think – it matters what Barbara Crabb thinks as she’s the Lawgiver-In-Black the tribe will run to if all access is shut down. We’ll be lucky if all she orders is the roads be reopened.
So there are no parallels? You just threw out Chris Christie as a form of tourette syndrom?