Posted on 02/18/2010 11:48:46 AM PST by Nachum
Edited on 02/18/2010 11:50:21 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has reached a deal with black farmers....
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
another way to get reparations?...
http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=15996
“While discrimination is present in societies of all kinds, discriminators must pay pecuniary costs for indulging their prejudices in a market setting. Even the prejudiced usually will trade with minorities; bigots attempt to oppress minorities by socializing the costs through government action, but bigots usually are less willing to bear these costs themselves.”
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I’ve never eaten a “black” before, and I had no idea that they were farmed.
It is long past time that we End Farm Subsidies.
However, if it was shown that the Feds treated farmers differently due to their race, these people deserve the money.
And then we should stop subsidies to all farmers.
the gubmint is their mealticket...and we pay and pay and pay....
New book title about Democtatic party policies ...
None Dare Call it racism ...
Announced a 1.25 billion US$ special fund to compensate African-Americans who claim a denial of assistance from the USDA. Needs Congressional approval. Is a second round of payouts to cover damages awarded in a 1999 class-action lawsuit.
This round of pay outs is for those denied earlier payments, usually because of missed deadlines.
Reparations!
“I’m sure we just paid for a lot of more moochers to sit around and do nothing.
I bet the stocks of Kool cigarettes and Cadillac just went up. Oh and Gold teeth...
More money threw out the window. More vote buying.”
I really do not know too many farmers that drive Cadillacs and have gold teeth. However, we do not to end all farm subsidies.
I would be interested to see evidence of this.
“Black” Farmers??? I thought Men were Men and worked whatever they work.
‘Post-racial’ America? Really now? It appears that this is only a new BEGINNING of ‘racial’ America.
Scroll up the thread. The last Class Action was ‘settled’ in 1999.
They missed deadlines and are whining that the government did not act because of this?
What makes one a “black” farmer? The shade of ones skin? How about a person who has white skin but in the background there is a black relative...then what?
I call that discrimination.
Do these white folks with a black relative in their background have to dress like Al Jolson and sing “Mammy” to be noticed?
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