Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Make or change an amendment


If I could make an amendment and get it appealed I would make it about how the federal government gives free money to Native Americans (Indians). I personally think that the government should not give Native Americans money and that they should be earning their own money just like the rest of the Americans today. I get how it was right to give them money and land right away when we came to America, but now however many years later they should be over that and want to live connected to us, “the settlers.” Instead of just giving the Native Americans money all the time, why doesn’t the government give them a little money right away and then get them a job so that they can start supporting themselves and their families? The reason I say this is because then the government would just save that much more money and plus not all of the Native Americans use that money for what it’s for. I have heard stories about how some, not a lot but some don’t even try to get a job and they sit around all day doing what they want because the government is giving them money. One of the stories I heard was there was a Native American man who got money from the government and bought a house with it. Right after he bought this house he smashed out a hole in the bathroom wall that leads to outside so that his horses could drink water out of the tub. Sure there are a lot of Native Americans out there trying to make a life for them and their families on their own without the governments help. But I think we should pass an amendment that makes the ones that are not trying to make a better life for themselves have to do that. Then get the government to stop giving them money after a certain amount of time and make them earn it on their own.

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