No, I don't. For some strange reason, you seem to accept that reparations are inevitable.
I, OTOH, don't think they'll EVER come to pass.
What if the price of your freedom was letting Shaq not pay taxes?
LOL! And you rip me for MY hyperbole? My "freedom" (and yours too) will not be determined by this faux issue.
What if the price of a divided black electorate, and thus the long term domination of the Republican party and platform was a reduction in taxes?
If the domination of the Republican Party means paying ransom to one race of people, I want no part of that domination.
You could argue that is not the case and will not happen. When you argue that you are simply going to have none of it, you might as well join the losertarians...you are on the road to irrelevant.
I am going to have none of it. I don't know why you have it in your head that reparations are a burning issue. It's not. Not here where I live, not where you live, not anywhere.
There is simply no chance that reparations will ever come to pass. Period.
Really? Try not paying your taxes.
Think bigger than reparations. Does the proposal, not the passage, but the proposal itself, overall advance our agenda? Reparations are against our principles, but by a compromise there, can we make up much more than we lose on this front on other fronts?
My "freedom" (and yours too) will not be determined by this faux issue.
My freedom, and yours, will be determined by whether conservatives or leftists control our gov't. This issue could affect that.
domination of the Republican Party means paying ransom to one race of people, I want no part of that domination.
If the price of getting your own freedom from tax slavery is to give it to another group first, you really wouldn't take that deal? People like you will drive the Republican party to irrelevance.
have it in your head that reparations are a burning issue. It's not. Not here where I live, not where you live, not anywhere. There is simply no chance that reparations will ever come to pass. Period.
I agree that reparations are unlikely. And I'm not convinced it is a good idea to propose. However, I do think it is worth thinking about. Reparations are not a 'burning' issue in the sense that there is an overwhelming pressure for action now. But it is an issue among many blacks where I live. They honestly think they are 'owed' And the reason that reparations is very unlikely to come to pass is because R's oppose it on principle, and D's use it to keep blacks on the plantation. It is not in either party's interests to advance it. Maybe, just maybe, it is worth thinking about how to advance it in such a way that it severely damages the D party use of it without horrendously violating our principles. I think that is what Keyes is up to.