[EinNYC]

Reparations will never work because the amount will never be enough for many of the proposed recipients. Give them $100,000, and some will demand $200,000 and others $300,000 and still others $1,000,000 ... Just determining the criteria of who would be a recipient is wrought with all kinds of problems.

The idea of "reparations" is ridiculous. Many Americans' ancestors hadn't even immigrated here yet, why should they have to pay? Why should people who were merely descendants of slaves receive anything? By that logic, I should receive a tidy sum for being descended from the Jewish slaves in Egypt! And how would we determine the proper recipients of this "reparation" nonsense? If you were 1/16 descended from a slave? 1/8? 1/4? Have to be half or more? Have to be compared to a color chart? Just so ridiculous!

[unclebankster]

The idea of “reparations” is ridiculous.

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Reparations should only be allowed for injured parties, not the descendants of injured parties.

I also liked your historical reference to slavery in Egypt and the questions of “who gets what.”

Well done.