Actually this is not backpedaling at all, this is brilliant, because it diffuses the entire reparations argument.
Tax relieft is fundamentally different from giving people money, because tax relief encourages people to work harder (you can't get tax relief unless you have income that can be taxed), while giving people money encourages them to not work.
What this also does is that is gets the minority communities to support TAX CUTS, which they *NEVER* do.
And you know what the next step is? After they get their tax cuts for a while, the debate becomes, should we raise the taxes minorities so that they pay the same as everyone else, or should be cut taxes for everyone else to get them to the same rate as the minorities. Now, the Dems, who wants to raise taxes, will want to raise taxes on the minorities, and the Republicans, will be the ones who say, no, we don't want to raise taxes on anyone, this will get the minories to vote for the people who won't raise *their* taxes.
And what does race-based tax relief encourage? A race war?
Good points.
It's also a very refreshing change from the GOP-Afraid-of-our-Shadow set.