A lot of conservatives (myself included) have a visceral negative response to any kind of talk about reparations for slavery, perhaps because the issue has been pimped for so long by the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
But positioning it as a TAX CUT really turns the whole idea on its head, doesn't it? I mean, instead of conceiving of reparations as a new entitlement complete with a new federal bureaucracy, Keyes is turning it into a means of reducing the overall tax burden. Hmm.....
Yeah, we can eliminate taxes for a large number of people without making up for that deficit by raising taxes from anyone else.
Why, it's like free money, isn't it? ;-)