Arguments against slavery reparations

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[SloopJohnB]

[Snip]...*Reparations have already been made. Abolishing the evil of slavery and giving ex-slaves full citizenship and voting rights remedied the original wrongs. Much of our debt to generations of slaves was paid in the blood shed at places like Gettysburg and Antietam. Likewise, the racial and social injustices of Jim Crow laws were atoned for in Civil Rights legislation and landmark Supreme Court rulings that brought Black Americans to full rights and citizenship. Our government has spent millions in set asides, equal opportunity and affirmative action programs that have recognized the crippling effect of discrimination and tried to correct the injustices.

[Renkluaf]

Reparations were paid by the American taxpayer. It was called The Great Society. Some people don't seem to recognize how much they've been given. Get over it!

[Upstate NY Guy]

The DemonRat Party should pay slave reparations to the descendants of American slaves from their own coffers. They were totally complicit in the institution of slavery and the Jim Crow laws that followed.

The Republican Party was founded to abolish slavery. The election of the first Republican President was the root cause for secession. Then he was assassinated after the emancipation of the black American slaves.

The current DemonRat leadership in Washington needs to pay out of their own pockets. They are the recipients of the power and wealth generated by the institution of slavery. They are the ones who consistently opposed freedom and the legitimate wealth that is created when people are free to produce and trade without the chains of government interference.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I am opposed to reparations because reparations were paid in blood between 1861-1865.

BUT let’s be reasonable. If we pay it they can NEVER come back and demand MORE! Or willl they? Will the next generation demand the same, and their kids and those after them?
What of Somalis and other late African arrivals? Will they want to get in on the money pie?

Perhaps we should give in and give each one a certain ammount as they get off the boat in AFRICA.

Then there are all those indentured servants who were brought here as slaves from England and Ireland..What about them!

Oh, did I mention the Chinese?

[Chuckster]

Exactly. Over 600,000 White men gave their lives to settle the question of slavery in the US. That is quite enough for this nation to pay.