[B Knotts]

Exactly. He is telling blacks that instead of checks, the answer is a tax environment in which they can prosper.

While certainly controversial, it makes some sense, as a means of shifting black voters' mindset away from welfare-stateism but some people here hate Alan Keyes so much, they refuse to consider his idea seriously.

He is trying to get the attention of black voters in Chicago, and peel off enough to make the race competitive. This could work, although it's still a long shot.

[Texas Federalist]

He is telling blacks that instead of checks, the answer is a tax environment in which they can prosper.

I'm sure Alan Iverson and Tiger Woods are tired of receiving welfare checks. I hope that Alan Keyes forges an envirnment in which they can prosper.

[Junior_G]

While certainly controversial, it makes some sense, as a means of shifting black voters' mindset away from welfare-stateism but some people here hate Alan Keyes so much, they refuse to consider his idea seriously.

If implemented, this plan would follow the same path as affirmative action. It would be made into law with assurances that it is only a temporary thing until the ever-lingering effects of slavery are lessened; and 40 years later everyone will still be wondering why blacks are the only ones not paying taxes. What an insanely bad idea----probably the worst possible way to "kick-start" abolition of the federal income tax.