Seneca Nation of Indians rally in Buffalo

President Maurice John, Seneca Nation of Indians, "We'd like to establish a good working relationship with the new governor and the legislature." But as legislators work to finalize the budget, the nation ...

[Joanne Printup]

NOOOO they shouldn't pay for all that so just leave them all alone and let the senecas be!!

[Al Sol]

If the Seneca Nation wants to be exempt from NY taxes, then they should refuse servics provided by NY state tax payers.
I don't feel they should pay taxes on their use of items on nation land, but selling to non indians only hurts the the people who have to suport the services thay enjoy from the state taxpayers.5439

[Scott M]

I think that the Native Americans should be able to sell anything they want without taxes, as they are a sovereign nation, and should be treated as such. We do not make any other nation charge taxes for us, so why should we make them do so?
On the other hand, if they are not paying into the tax base, then they should not be eligible to receive from it either. No more welfare, no more medicaid/medicare, etc. We do not supply other nations that do not pay taxes these benefits, so why should the Senecas be different? If they want to pull from these benefits, then they should have to pay taxes like the rest of us, if they refuse to pay taxes, then they should not be given the benefits that us tax payers receive.

[Bill from Akron]

Before they force native american businesses tocollect taxes on cigerettes the state should not give tax breaks to people making over 1,000,000 dollars, I don't care about paying my share but only if everybody else has to

[Dennis Parker]

I hope the state leave the indian nations alone...they are making money and taking care of there own...I can remember when the Senica's were consider low live living in shacks and getting welfare support...many never got past the six grade...They were leasing there property for fishing and hunting camps for a dollar a year.Just look at them now. Many have their own business, Anyone who want to work can get work. In fact many of the gas stations hire non tribel.

[Jerome Adams]

Leave them alone. Want to cut expenses - look in your own back yard. Stop the needless give-a-ways just to buy a vote...

[Cindy]

A Treaty is a Treaty, the state has to honor it.

[tony bianchi]

should native americans pay ny state tax on the sale of cigarettes and gasoline to non native americans ?- absolutely - and also on the jewelry, clothing, electronic items and everything else they sell to non native americans - they claim they are a soveriegn nation - but they claim sovereignty only when it suits them, ie tax free sales and casinos - if they are truly a sovereign nation why don't they have their own government and why do ny taxpayers pay to pave and maintain their higways, provide polce and fire service, transport and educate their children - also if they are a sovereign nation, why do they pay federal tax on gasoline?

[Myriah Seneca]

it's our land, our profits. we've been screwed over one too many times, so please just leave us alone.

[C M K Eldred PA]

I am not a Native American and I quit smoking so I have no personal interest on this subject, however I do have a question for the NY government. Why is they think thay have the right to break the treaties with the Seneca Nation? I am always shocked by this because the Native Americans had the land taken away by our government obeying these treatines we have with them is the least we can do to make for what our ancestors did.

[LLJ]

Break a treaty break a law! NYS gave Native Americans the exempt status and now they want to take it away because they say they need the money to run the state. NYS collects enough taxes from New Yorkers already!
Maybe they should take some of that time and money they use trying to collect taxes from reservations and use it for investigating other corrupt hypocrite politicians running NYS.

[gary carr]

we stoled there land we showed up on a boat got off and said we dicovered a land that was not lost
they should have told chris he needed a green card we should be paying them taxes for living here we killed plundered stoled raped killed their food sorce stuck them on a resevation took away their way of life now all us white pepole beat ower chest and say this is our land no it not it their land we are the ocupiers leve them alone SCREW WILLSON FARMS i loned a guy my ladder once he said he would bring it back in a couple days well 6 months went by no ladder when i went to pick it up he said it was his ladder he said he had it for six months poseson made it his thats when i grabed it and loaded it up took it home he called the cops filed areport sating i took his ladder i got arestted for takeing back my own proporty same thing we showed up on a boat climed off decided america was ours and scrwed them over big time you aregant bastard say if they except our tax dallors then they should pay tax no we should pay them tax on every squar inch of the usa they dont owe us we owe them and thats a fact shugar coat any way you want but the facts are the facts

[gary carr]

Al Sol wrote:

If the Seneca Nation wants to be exempt from NY taxes, then they should refuse servics provided by NY state tax payers.
I don't feel they should pay taxes on their use of items on nation land, but selling to non indians only hurts the the people who have to suport the services thay enjoy from the state taxpayers.5439

hay al you are a more-on we stoled their land we should be paying them tax

[marg]

No way, NYS wasted enough money the last time they tried this. How much was it?$3 million or more wasted. I consider former Gov. Mario Cuomo one of the greatest legal minds in the nation. If he didn't think it was legal to go after them...it probably isn't.

[Joseph A Ippolito Jr]

tony bianchi wrote:

should native americans pay ny state tax on the sale of cigarettes and gasoline to non native americans ?- absolutely - and also on the jewelry, clothing, electronic items and everything else they sell to non native americans - they claim they are a soveriegn nation - but they claim sovereignty only when it suits them, ie tax free sales and casinos - if they are truly a sovereign nation why don't they have their own government and why do ny taxpayers pay to pave and maintain their higways, provide polce and fire service, transport and educate their children - also if they are a sovereign nation, why do they pay federal tax on gasoline?

Dont know where you get your information from but senecas do have their own government,police(polce),fire service,transport and educate their own children,they also have their own medical centers. The Cattaraugus Indian Rez has their own Volunteer Fire Company so where do you [provide their fire service? As far as casinos are concerned look at niagara falls getting how many millions for their city and yet you complain they dont give back.

[JOEY ZANGHI]

lets just leave the native americans alone. they have been screwed since day one here and im sick of ny state trying to make up monies by threatening these fine people. lets go after illegal aliens and the terrorists in this country and stop messing with the real americans....joey z, depew

[MMR LKPT NY]

LLJ wrote:

Break a treaty break a law! NYS gave Native Americans the exempt status and now they want to take it away because they say they need the money to run the state. NYS collects enough taxes from New Yorkers already!
Maybe they should take some of that time and money they use trying to collect taxes from reservations and use it for investigating other corrupt hypocrite politicians running NYS.

Couldn't have said it better!

[what]

No taxes on Indian lands. The Seneca casino in Buffalo is not on native land and the Senecas and crooked U.S. politicians subverted the agreement that said casinos could be built on reservations and land adjoining it. Buffalo is far, far, far away from Salamanca and Lewiston.

[MMR LKPT NY]

I agree. Honor the treaties

[JOEY ZANGHI]

MMR LKPT NY wrote:

<quoted text> Couldn't have said it better!

well said joey z, well said