Posted on 05/12/2023 9:16:35 PM PDT by Libloather
California Democratic state Sen. Steven Bradford is warning African Americans not to get their "hopes up" for massive reparations payments from the state.
Bradford’s message comes after the California Reparations Task Force recommended over the weekend that the state pay up to $1.2 million in reparations to each eligible Black resident.
The state lawmaker, who served on the task force, claimed that it’s possible that Black residents could receive cash payments "if the money’s there," but argued that receiving million dollar checks in repayment for historical discrimination is "not happening."
The reparations panel held a public meeting in Oakland, California, on Saturday and voted on the final set of recommendations to be sent to the state's legislators.
In addition to the payments, the nine-member panel recommended the state apologize to Black residents.
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who attended the meeting, stated afterward, "Reparations are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address long-standing racial disparities and inequalities."
But Bradford told potential recipients not to expect huge payouts when the California government hasn’t figured out where that money would come from.
The state lawmaker from Los Angeles did say that "anything’s possible if the money’s there," but added he will stay "realistic" about what actual payments may be, according to the Associated Press.
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Make them ridiculously entitled. Make them mad. Have them rampage and kill.
Where are the reparations for the Mexican land holders who were wiped out because of the war?
Where are the reparations for the Chinese who developed the state?
What about the indigenous?
It can't be said enough, you get what you vote for.
What? You haven’t learned the global obamanites are having a war on white Christians and capitalists who are white?
(western European man and his descendants, the guy’s who gave the world advancement technology and progress)
You need to get out and discover their agenda first-hand
Wait till they get mad at you !!!
Next, the illegal aliens will demand reparations.
It’s coming !
7 figures just ain’t happening. Will you settle for a pack of smokes and a sixer? Answer.....hell yeah.
the payments for just blacks in CA would be over 2.7 trillion-the whole federal budget is about 3.5 trillion-everything
Elections now often turn on a fraction of a percent.
O.J. did it.
california is the definition of criminal government.
I now consider myself a "Guiltless Man" (taken from Atlas Shrugged). The guiltless terrify our lords and overseers, who know they can't appeal to our emotions on their style of governance.
It started with Covid and masking, and is now found in the lunacy known as reparations. When a state is running a deficit, the obvious question to ask is, "where will the reparations money come from?"
My tongue-in-cheek suggestion is a special assessment on professional sports athletes. They should be proud to step up for the cause.
The problem is that the first payment of $1 will open up a never ending cavalcade of demands and social unrest to get “the rest”.
Beating this rests on fighting the battle at “not one dollar”. If you are prepared to give in on the first dollar as being deserved, you have no defense for the rest.
Holy cow.
She is a third one. I know it wasn’t she I saw. The women were probably in their mid to late 40s.
There must have been some propaganda spread to the population in those words. Like “working family” “MAGA extremists” and “climate change” the recipients regurgitate.
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