America is doing all they can!

One thing in this essay brought up a memory that I had from my missionary expereince in Oregon. The part of the essay where it says, "Indeed, by chronicling the past and present crimes of America, they (critics) hope to extract apologies and financial reparations out of Americans." Now I know that ALL Americans haven't exactly been the best throughout its existance but come on, something that happened over two hundred years ago should already be water under the bridge! So to get to what I am talking about. First of all I have no prejudice toward these people in any way. While I was in Oregon I met a lady who had some Native American heritage. Because of this she was getting money as a "reparation" for what had happened to the Native Americans so long ago as the US came in and started taking away their land. The amount that she was receiving on a bad month was about $9,000. Thats a bad month!?! She did not work and neither did her live in boyfriend of ten years. Every time we would go over to her house she would complain to us about how the US was wrong and how her people suffered for the wrongs of the Americans and how they weren't doing anything about it. Every year her daughter had a birthday she would throw the biggest party in town and rent bounce houses, Ponies for pony rides, massive decorations and a gift for each kid that came to the party, and Video recorder men to film the whole event and put together a video. She said to me that the government was going to pay for her daughters schooling too because of their heritage. Now like I said I don't dislike these people but when she is benefiting from something that didn't even happen to her and for her to complain that Americans are wrong and not doing anything to make things right? Give me a break! I don't have anyone paying for my school just because I was born white, I'm not receiving $9000 plus just for sitting on my butt all day. I didn't get massive birthday party for me with everything I wanted. No one has given me a new Home, new computer and Giant Flat Screen TV. I'm sorry but I don't think that is right that she should be complaining and I also think that the thing that happened to the Natives so long ago was a horrible thing, but doesn't matter any more because it happened not in this generation of time!
Personally I am glad that I haven't had everything handed to me. I am not lazy. I know how to do things instead of sit around and complain all day. I think it is horrible that the government has and is still giving to Natives for so long because it has just caused them to learn nothing except to sit around and drink. (not all natives of course) They have learned to be professional beggars of money. I'm not saying giving to them in the first place was wrong, but after the first two or three generations that had to deal with their land being taken from them the "poor me" fund should have stopped.