Posted on 08/20/2015 2:38:36 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Subtract several trillion in welfare disproportionately paid to blacks.
Subtract the economic benefit of preferential hiring by the government at all levels and with federal contractors, such that entire federal, state and local departments are nearly all black.
The net effect is about even.
I think not, but do feel free to give money and deport the idiots if they choose to go but no offense not even they want the ghetto trash.
Paying a dead slave might be something I might support, providing they show up in person but, NOTHING goes to their descendants. Its over so put it to bed.
A few years ago, there was a protest rally for reparations for slavery.
And one dude sang a song called “The Reparations Rap”.
The refrain lyrics of the song were: “I want my mon-eeee, I want my mon-eeee”.
These people are demented.
Subtract the cost of the Great Society social spending for the last 50 years.
Tell them if they pay off the national debt, we’ll call it even.
Print a 20 trillion dollar bill and give it to their “leader”. Make it such that it can’t be deposited anywhere. Good luck getting change for your grape soda or Colt 45. Fools.
I would not be against reparations. However, individuals must prove slave history in ancestry and original African country. If they accept reparations, individuals must give up U.S. Citizenship and return to country of origin.
The entire WAR on Poverty/welfare state was nothing but institutionalized reparations.
Reparations already paid in the lives of 700,000 white boys who slaughtered each other over whether blacks would be free or not.
And the same number gave arms, legs, eyes to the cause.
The slavery tab has been paid in full with almost 700,000 dead or wounded. Why are they talking about this?
I have also held this position but with additional qualification:
Once a monetary figure is established, the awardee gets a percentage of the total individual award based on the percentage of ancestry that was held in slavery in America, not the Caribbean etc. One ancestor out of 16 - 1/16th share.
That's the point...it's worthwhile only to make fun of the idea. If some people want a race war, pushing ridiculous ideas like reparations for people who are lucky to be living in the best country in the world is a good way to get one started.
Good idea!
My question is very simple: Upon what authority did General W. T. Sherman make this promise? I don’t believe that he had the Congressional Power of the Purse authority. Perhaps repatriations should come from his personal estate. However, can we or his decedents be held liable for the promise he made without authority? I think not!!!
Well, how much has already been paid?
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