It's precisely stuff like this that makes me like Keyes so much. He doesn't deal in slogans and platitudes, he's actually thinks through the problem and comes up with real practical solutions that are sometimes out of the box. (His solution at the same time accomplishes 4 things Republicans should be for: lower taxes, encouraging worth ethic, crack the Democratic coalition, and sets the stage for more tax cuts in the future).
Unfortunately, he probably can never win an election because there are too many people who only want to deal in soundbites.("Reparations! Never! I don't want to hear it")
It's like a joke, truth.
If you have to explain it, it ain't funny.
Keyes is having to "clarify" way too much, ten friggin' days into his campaign!
My take: I vehemently oppose reparations on principle. I probably could not support this plan in good conscience. I also think it is brilliant real politik. By making reparations in tax cut form, you create real and long term problems for our political opponents, and real and potentially significant benefits for our side. In addition to the long term encouraging work ethic and the family sructure, reducing dependence on gov't etc, it would create real short term benefits in the form of shaking up the black so-called 'leadership'. I really doubt upper and middle class blacks would tolerate the likes of Reveruhn Zhackson fighting their tax cut. I think we would finally see the black community split the way the white community is....the productive supporting the right, and the parasites supporting the left.