I agree that this is an excellent idea, as pointed out in this thread, many of these individuals don't pay income tax anyway. If the government offers a decade of no income tax it could also offer incentive to businesses to hire these people since they won't be required to pay matching funds....
People love the math, but not the principle and the premise. I love the math enough to support this idea up til a certain income. Oprah, M. Jordan,etal., should still have to pay taxes... they have "arrived". "Reparations" would then be more like "reconciliation". Keyes needs to hone his idea more. Yet, even with all this, (and defining race, heritage, and ethnicity) we open up a logistical nightmare and rampant abuse issues. I am a big fan of Dr. Keyes, but I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole.