Pacificnw,

Boeing and Microsoft do farm out some jobs, but they also pay considerable amounts of corporate taxes---The Tribes do NOT.

As for you contention that the tribes are creating/keeping jobs in the state (WA) as opposed to Boeing and others that are leaving WA, for that we can thank the democrats and the the anti 'business friendly' environment they've created here in WA.

If the Tribes had to jump all the hurdles WA corporations do, they would probably look to set up their 'main office' elsewhere as well.