>How long should a child be responsible for the crimes of their fathers? This is a fundamentally flawed analogy. Our government - the same government that has

>How long should a child be responsible for the crimes of their fathers? This is a fundamentally flawed analogy. Our government - the same government that has existed since these treaties were signed - is still around. > I find it very difficult to find the moral obligation to pay back that money when the people who were the actual victims are long dead The question of a "moral obligation" is entirely irrelevant and unrelated to our government's legal obligation to uphold the treaty that our government signed.