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Sen. Booker Introduces Bill to Transfer Land to Black Farmers
https://www.newsmax.com ^ | By Surya Gowda | Wednesday, 25 November 2020 08:03 AM
Posted on 11/25/2020, 8:47:46 AM by Red Badger

Three Democrat senators have introduced a bill that would reform the U.S. Department of Agriculture and create a system of land grants to transfer millions of acres to Black farmers at no charge.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., the lead sponsor of the bill, tweeted Tuesday, “I’m proud to team up with @ewarren and @SenGillibrand to introduce the Justice for Black Farmers Act. We need to balance the scales after decades of systemic racism within @USDA have harmed Black farmers.”

The bill was announced on Nov. 19 by Booker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and is set to be released on Nov. 30.

Booker told Mother Jones the bill aims to reverse the “destructive forces that were unleashed upon Black farmers over the past century — one of the dark corners of shame in American history.” A new USDA agency called the Equitable Land Access Service would buy agricultural land from willing sellers and “convey grants of that land to eligible Black individuals at no cost to the eligible Black individuals,” the bill states.

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1,888 posted on 11/25/2020 9:00:40 AM PST by christianbasque (Toasting an Irish coffee to my beloved Carol & Sean...)
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wait, what ? would this be Pigford III ?


1,893 posted on 11/25/2020 9:05:42 AM PST by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: christianbasque

I want a land grant. And a mule.


1,925 posted on 11/25/2020 9:40:47 AM PST by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB)
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To: christianbasque

More racist BS from Booger


1,950 posted on 11/25/2020 10:56:20 AM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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Sen. Booker Introduces Bill to Transfer Land to Black Farmers.

That's some Zimbabwe sh*t right there.


1,955 posted on 11/25/2020 11:16:42 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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