I agree completely with the subject line, but disagree completely on the reason.
America is destroying itself, because it is sending all manufacturing to a completely other country.
America we need to support ourselves.
Bring back American jobs.
This “writer” evidently thinks he’s living in the the 1940’s, not 2015.
The fact that blacks may play some part in their decline over the past 50 years seems to be ignored by the author. All fault exists with the rest of society.
Guess “The Great Society” plans weren’t so great after all.
This is a senior thesis from a thoroughly indoctrinated student attending one of the Ivy League schools.
As for our family, if there are reparations our white family is owed three shares. My ancestors fought for the Union. My great uncle and great-great grandfather were killed. My great grandfather lost a leg.
We should give every black adult, who can trace their lineage to slavery, $10k. After that, end all affirmative action and special treatment.
Unfunded liabilities are FIVE TIMES GREATER than the national debt.
We recently crossed over the $18 TRILLION mark in our debt. Since then the debt has risen by nearly $100 billion. Nobody seems to care.
America is not destroying itself.
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Let's start with reparations to the taxpaying public for all the cities they burned down, all the welfare, all the food stamps, all the abortion costs, all the cost to house them in jails and prisons, and every other freebie we have been forced to dish out as we worship the god of White Guilt.
Why doesn’t the author take Arabs to task? They are STILL buying and selling slaves. But that’s OK?
All living American slaves should receive a million dollars. Descendants should receive nothing more, they have already been paid trillions.
you read the article and you begin to believe the War Between the States has not been fought yet blacks are still in slavery, Lincoln is alive yet and america consists of what was at that time 33 States. What next the Dred Scott Decision was not made, America is still an agrarian society and basically the Indians still live on reservations . Gee North Dakota, South Dakota and many of the states doe not exist yet. Boy me thinks the author is stuck on stupid.
In MHO the debate about reparations is the most dangerous “debate” possible.
It attacks the core foundation of the Republic - each individual is responsible for his/her actions and can not be held responsible for the acts of others - past or present.
Yes slavery is bad. But, where is there a living person who suffered through American Slavery? To give you a hint they would have to be over 150 years old. If you are talking about slavery elsewhere it is up to those nations to answer their own reparation debate.
As far as American Corporations/Companies having to pay reparations. Another false argument for the same reasons.
BTW - if we are discussing reparations shouldn’t we at least call it by its correct name - “wealth transfer to prevent racial riots”?
BTW 2 - If we are going to “transfer wealth to prevent racial riots” shouldn’t the recipients of that wealth transfer repatriate most of their bribe money to the survivors of the Union Army who died and were crippled freeing them from slavery? The same logic used in the article applies here too.
IMHO there was only one legal reparation. It was when the American Government paid pennies on the dollar to the American Citizens impression during World War II. You known the American citizens of Japanese ancestry who lost generational wealth, property, businesses, and money when the Democrats in California and DC branded all of them threats to American security in early 1942. There the reparations were paid directly to those who suffered the losses not their great-great-great-great grandchildren.
One final thought on the subject of reparations for slavery - the logical end of this argument is the reestablishment of a feudal society where your position within that society is not determined by your actions, or your fathers actions, or your grandfather’s but by an accident of birth based on where your great-great-great-great grandfather was doing on April 8, 1865.
April 8, 1865? Why that date? That was the day BEFORE Gen Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9th, and marked the “official” end of the Civil War and slavery in general in the Republic.
Blacks have already been given “reparations” by living here instead of backward, corrupt, disease-ravaged Africa
What they choose to do with that opportunity is their own decision. They are “owed” nothing further, not “affirmative action” nor quota-driven “diversity”
Either put up or STHU
Or leave
Many of the modern-day practices of our free-market capitalist system are at least partly responsible for this.
Stopped reading at the this sentence...
Such a blatant falsehood...
Standard of living for blacks have worsened simply because Uncle Sammie will only provide living at a minimal...
Just enough to get you to vote for them again..and again...again
America is destroying itself because we’ve turned our back on God.
As for the reparations nonsense, the government give away programs have done more to enslave minorities in poverty than anything prior.
If having the current opportunities in America isn’t enough, leave and make your home in someplace you believe is better.
Cue Barry McGuire!
As to the issue of slavery, Jsnuary 30, 2015 will be the sesquicentennial of the 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery and made it unconstitutional.
Got that? Slavery was outlawed 150 years ago. One hundred. And fifty. Years Ago.
Author says the decades of welfare “reparations” haven’t worked. He’s right. And handing over lump sums of reparations cash won’t work either. Because money alone is not the problem. Attitudes, cultural norms, loss off manufacturing and other jobs are the problem. Hand over a chink of cash and it will be gone in no time, with hands held out for MORE.
Blacks are slaves to the federal teat.
Liberals have kept them down and there are too many many reasons not to hire one.
Reparations? Ok, how about any Afro-American demanding reparations apply to the government and in return get 10K, a one way ticket to Africa, and loss of American citizenship.