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Article: `Work-To-Welfare' On Horizon For Indian Tribes, Says Libertarian Party Of California
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- May 28, 1998
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LOS ANGELES, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by the California Libertarian Party:
California is threatening to send thousands of Indians back on welfare - by depriving them of the right to earn a living through gaming, the Libertarian Party of California charged today.
"Politicians have been touting 'welfare-to-work' programs lately. This is the first example I've seen of 'work-to-welfare,' and it's absolutely tragic," declared Libertarian state chair Mark Hinkle.
Hinkle's statement comes in the midst of the ongoing feud between Governor Pete Wilson and California's 41 Indian gaming tribes. After signing a compact with ...