Reparations for slavery: 14 Trillion Dollars requested

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MarathonAg12
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11:14a, 1/31/23
Where would that money come from?

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11:15a, 1/31/23
"Authors?"
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11:16a, 1/31/23
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In reply to MarathonAg12 • 11:16a, 1/31/23
Africa?
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11:17a, 1/31/23
Who rounded them up in Africa? Slavery is a human institution that once recently was addressed as a human rights issue and was led primarily by the United States.
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11:17a, 1/31/23
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We will take it under advisement.
We may not always get what we want. We may not always get what we need. Just so we don't get what we deserve.
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11:17a, 1/31/23
My ancestors were kept as slaves by an indian tribe until rescued by the army. Uncle Sugar planning on giving handouts for that too?
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11:19a, 1/31/23
so do the tribes in africa who had these slaves before they were traded for guns and then taken as slaves to america have any skin in the game? what part of this bill is theirs?
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11:19a, 1/31/23
The real question would be how much of that money would make it back into the coffers of the Democrat Party.

It would come from the same place all the COVID money came from…the printing press.
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MarathonAg12
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11:20a, 1/31/23
Why aren't people asking the British government for reparations?

They did far crueler things
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11:21a, 1/31/23
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11:22a, 1/31/23
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In reply to MarathonAg12 • 11:23a, 1/31/23
Tax Iraq, Afghanistan, Mexico and Iran.

All black people who can prove heritage before 1865 get a check.
After 51% of the checks are cashed, then Affirmative Action, Quotas, Racial Preferences, HUB status, etc all go away.
You have been made whole and these programs are no longer needed.
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11:26a, 1/31/23
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So entertaining.
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11:28a, 1/31/23
Let's have a full and fair accounting of all forms of wealth transfers and put a value on set asides. Let's also establish a baseline wealth value as if they were never transported from Africa and see where they stand in pure economic terms.
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In reply to rocky the dog • 11:30a, 1/31/23
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rocky the dog said:
Geeez... Is that the poster child for the entitled class?
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11:30a, 1/31/23
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A quick Google search says we have spent over $20 trillion dollars since the 1960s on the "Great Society" and other social welfare programs. So by their math, they actually OWE $6 trillion dollars...
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11:32a, 1/31/23
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As long as there's a 14 trillion dollar credit for ending slavery...
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11:34a, 1/31/23
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Why is Fox capitalizing black? It's ****ing stupid
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11:35a, 1/31/23
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In reply to Teslag • 11:39a, 1/31/23
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Why is Fox capitalizing black? It's ****ing stupid
You are onto something.
"I bought a Black car"

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"I bought black car"
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11:48a, 1/31/23
And if the "demands" are not met?
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11:51a, 1/31/23
One San Francisco city official actually had a good idea: take the taxes from cannabis-related businesses and use them for "reparations".
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11:52a, 1/31/23
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I think reparations is a great idea. Maybe about $250,000.00 per. Anyone who qualifies can pick up their check at our embassy in Tanzania when they turn in their US passport.
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In reply to Wearer of the Ring • 11:55a, 1/31/23
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Wearer of the Ring said:
I think reparations is a great idea. Maybe about $250,000.00 per. Anyone who qualifies can pick up their check at our embassy in Tanzania when they turn in their US passport.


This!
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11:56a, 1/31/23
I'm for it.... print that money and hand it out like candy. I'll get ten fold my share of it back.
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11:57a, 1/31/23
The real game here is to keep floating these outrageous ideas and numbers. Then when they try to pass anything around a few hundred billion, every talking head will start talking about what a great compromise it is.

F all of this discussion. We should just set up a fund for one-way tickets back to wherever people think they have a better opportunity. Take the ticket and give up your citizenship. Buh bye
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In reply to TxTarpon • 11:58a, 1/31/23
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TxTarpon said:
Tax Iraq, Afghanistan, Mexico and Iran.

All black people who can prove heritage before 1865 get a check.
After 51% of the checks are cashed, then Affirmative Action, Quotas, Racial Preferences, HUB status, etc all go away.
You have been made whole and these programs are no longer needed.


Any and all forms of welfare must be forgone forevermore as a condition of reparations, for you, your family and your descendants. And you, your family and your descendants must never again be a beneficiary of racial quotas or preferences, affirmative action or anything else along this line, including race based student loans, pell grants, admissions, etc.

This should totally fix everything.

Let's do it!
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In reply to Wearer of the Ring • 11:59a, 1/31/23
Wearer of the Ring said:
I think reparations is a great idea. Maybe about $250,000.00 per. Anyone who qualifies can pick up their check at our embassy in Tanzania when they turn in their US passport.
Uhhh, they go to Liberia. We already setup a country for this. Do you not history?

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Liberia began in the early 19th century as a project of the American Colonization Society (ACS), which believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa than in the United States.[7] Between 1822 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-born black people who faced social and legal oppression in the U.S., along with 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia.[8]

Gradually developing an Americo-Liberian identity,[9][10] the settlers carried their culture and tradition with them; the Liberian constitution and flag were modeled after those of the U.S., while its capital was named after ACS supporter and U.S. President James Monroe. Liberia declared independence on July 26, 1847, which the U.S. did not recognize until February 5, 1862. On January 3, 1848, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a wealthy, free-born African American from the U.S. state of Virginia who settled in Liberia, was elected Liberia's first president after the people proclaimed independence.[8]
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12:01p, 1/31/23
does anyone actually believe that if 14 trillion dollars were handed out for reparations that it would be the end of the racism narrative in america?
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12:02p, 1/31/23
I don't understand why so many of you don't want to end racism once and for all.
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12:03p, 1/31/23
double post
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In reply to Detmersdislocatedshoulder • 12:04p, 1/31/23
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
double post
Did handing out free housing, free food, free college and preferential treatment in hiring and promotions solve racism?
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In reply to frenchtoast • 12:04p, 1/31/23
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frenchtoast said:
I don't understand why so many of you don't want to end racism once and for all.


Sarcasm?
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12:06p, 1/31/23
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Anyone who is a US citizen was born with a huge head start over most other people around the world. Take that, and be grateful for it. What you do with that head start is on you, not the tax payers.
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