In my home state of Michigan, the Soaring Eagle casino of the Chipawa tribe in central Michigan seems to be uplifting folks both "On-The-Res" and off.
It is what you do with the money that makes there dofference.
I know someone who inherited half a million dollars thirty years ago . . .and spent it all frivolously. If any part of that had been invested, today it would be a nice nest egg. But it is lomg on, all of it . . . and she is nearly destitute and in debt.
The indiginous peoples of Gaza have an opportunity right now, and perhaps for the next few years, to fundamentally change their land into an island of prosperity. We will see what the nature of their societal character is going forward.
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