How did Michelle Malkin put it? Oh, yes:
Prompted by a reporter's question, Keyes gave a brief tutorial on Roman history and said that in regard to reparations for slavery, the U.S. should do what the Romans did: "When a city had been devastated [in the Roman empire], for a certain length of time--a generation or two--they exempted the damaged city from taxation."
Keyes proposed that for a generation or two, African-Americans of slave heritage should be exempted from federal taxes--federal because slavery "was an egregious failure on the part of the federal establishment." In calling for the tax relief, Keyes appeared to be reaching out to capture the black vote, something that may prove difficult to do, particularly after his unwelcome reception at the Bud Billiken Day Parade Saturday.
The former ambassador said his plan would give African-Americans "a competitive edge in the labor market," because those exempted would be cheaper to hire than federal tax-paying employees and would "compensate for all those years when your labor was being exploited..."
Not that it matters, because you would never support Alan Keyes in a million years in any case, but if you’re so obsessed with Alan Keyes and reparations, here is a link to all of the Keyes interviews that are available. Have fun, and here’s to hoping that you learn something:
http://www.keyesarchives.com/media.htm
Well, personally, I feel all descendants of those terrible days should be exempt from federal income taxes for a couple generations. In fact, let’s just abolish the entire counterproductive socialist/Marxist income tax thing and go back to what the founders intended. If the government finds it no longer has the wherewithal to fund its unconstitutional behemoth, well that’s just too bad. Shut it down. I’m sure the states and we the people can withstand the shift of responsibility, burden, and renewed Liberty!