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...calamity is rooted in poverty, but it is compounded by years of government neglect. Now numbering 1,500 in all, the Labrador Innu are subsidized by Ottawa but fall under the jurisdiction of Newfoundland's provincial government. Once proud hunters, trappers and fishers of Labrador's interior Barren Lands, the natives were relocated to their present home in 1967 with the promise of acceptable housing, running water and fishing boats, which have yet to appear. "The program made the people dependent on government," says Peter Penashue, president of the Innu Nation. "For kids growing up, there is no self-esteem...
...claim that the government must prioritize the sufferings of its own citizens over those of outsiders need not be founded on or lead to racism and ethnocentrism. Rather, it is legitimized by the limited nature of our nation's resources and the existence of prior responsibilities, the neglect of which would undermine the justification of our government as a government of the people...
Hamas is actually a homegrown movement, born in the Gaza Strip a few years ago as an answer to Israel's occupation and the perceived ineptitude of the , Palestine Liberation Organization. Israel treated the movement with benign neglect until it turned violent in 1991. Then the government began deporting its leaders, and that sent others running for the border...
...there are problems with all of this. The youth vote, as it is often discussed, is an illusion. Reagan and Bush did neglect young people, but only in the sense that they neglected most ordinary people. Many pollsters cite evidence that "youth issues" like the economy, the environment, national service and education don't interest twentysomethings any more than those a decade or two older...
...recounted the story of a young homeless boy who fell victim to societal neglect...