That entity is the Democrat Party.
The objections to reparations are numerous, but the principal one if justice. How is it just to make totally innocent people pay?
By making the Democrat Party pay, that objection disappears entirely. The Democrats were in fact and are in fact the entity responsible for every bad thing which happened to black people for decades and decades.
And it is the entire Democrat Party which is responsible. The hatred fostered by the party was a necessary aspect of national Democrat success. Heck, no one from the party has even apologized for what the party did to black folks and to America through the advocacy of racial injustice.
YES! I am very much in favor of reparations, if paid by the Democrat Party.
The Democrats need racial hatred to keep their party strong which is why they foster it whenever possible. Men like Al Sharpton, Jessee Jackson, and William Holder are essentially tasked with stirring the much whenever possible. Thinks about the Trayvon Martin Zimmerman thing. Why do we even know about one wanna-be gang-banger getting popped by an over-zealous neighborhood watch dude? Furthermore, why was this couced in the media as a black vs white thing? The Democrats need this stuff, that’s why.
If there truly was meaningful racism in this country, how can you explain the success of Asians and of blacks who were born in other countries? You can’t!!! Most poverty in this country starts with a bad state of mind and then gets perpetuated by politicians who take advantage of the same bad state of mind.
Finally, there are certainly and unfortuantely racists in our society, but there are also black gangs. Neither extreme paints close to an accurate picture of whites or blacks.
That is a horribly untruthful statement. Americans died to end slavery. And we DID end it.
Will free blacks who owned slaves be made to pay too?
Good point. Reparations should come from the Democrat Party and should not be paid to persons just because of their skin color. Many persons are not descendants of slaves even though their skin is dark brown. Many persons whose skin is dark brown are descendants of persons who sold slaves to slavers. They should pay too.
It's a stupid idea, regardless of who proposes it or who gets put on the hook for it.
You open that Pandora's Box and the horrors of "gibsmedat" affliction will bite everyone in the ass.
In fact, the US program of "gibsmedat" is already destroying this nation.
To propose a payment to the surviving relatives of persons who may or may not have been "owned" by certain persons, who may or may not have been active participants in a horrific practice from 150 years ago, is simply ludicrous.
To even discuss this bullshit is ludicrous.
Slavery is and was wrong, wrong, wrong...but the pure and absolute fact is that I never owned a slave and whether my political support lies with the republicans or democrats matters not.
Any so-called reparations will damned well come out of my pocket, though.
Where in the hell do you people think all this money comes from?
Affirmative Action, set-asides, black studies departments, Section 8, SNAP, EBT, Pigford, etc. are all methods used to reditribute wealth from Whitey to Blackey.
Ask not when Reparations will begin but when the bill will be marked Paid in Full.
The original sin of slavery began with African Chieftains sold their people to European slave traders...start there.
Nope, only 80/20. The RATs 80% contribution was setting up the conditions leading to destructive behavior; the behavior itself is on the blacks, the other 20%.
And they are the only ones who can "fix" the problem; when we try to help we are racist.
Yes, some Americans died to end slavery, but ending slavery was never American policy. The US invaded the states that sought to separate because the US needed the money and the Mississippi river. That being said: Africans were not the first people enslaved. Classical Greece, Epic Egypt, the Roman Empire, Colonial Spain - even (all gasp here) the “enlightened” Muslims practiced institutional slavery over conquered cultures. The Bible refers to slaves under the ancient Israelites. Until James Watt invented the steam engine almost all work was done with human power or horsepower. In truth, the western European feudal system was the closest to a modern free society before the USA.
Here is the logic: We are screwed financially in this nation with huge deficits, fed. reserve balance sheet, enormous unfunded liabilities. Our nation can never pay back or forward this debt. It is more than the GDP of the entire world...and GROWING.
Print it...print it all. Give the damn poverty pimps what they asking for, reparations. Negotiate the amount as well, but just pay’em off.
Afterward, play the PAYED IN FULL card whenever the reverend Al starts popping off or the reverend Jackson attempts any further extortion. Done! You've been paid, now get over it. Do not ever whine and poor mouth again. We don't want to hear it.
Now, get off your lazy @$$e$ and be productive members of society....or starve! Tired of this endless race/poverty/victim mentality. It's beyond nauseating.
Reparations were paid between 1861 and 1865 in the form of lives lost on a thousand battlefields. For every FIVE SLAVES FREED one soldier paid with his life. Others paid in blood with the loss of arms and legs.
Lets have this debate, regarding reparations for all the black folks. Which Congress criter will be willing to lead the charge & propose legislation? Who will be taxed and who won’t? Money? Land? Or both? The GOP should support any bill, in exchange for three constitutional amendments. No, reparation bill can go into effect without these amendments being ratified.
1. Ban all abortions.
2. All laws apply equally to all members of Congress and the People.
3. Any person receiving federal or state aid loses the right to vote in any election
Mrkd
I had relatives in he union army and still have their discharge papers, those who made it out alive. Nobody from my family fought with the confederacy. Those who live in the north are not guilty of racism or of slavery. We keep getting accused by the likes of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Eric Holder and the like, and I don’t like it. It isn’t fair.
Blaming people for crimes only because they share the same skin pigmentation or ethnicity, even though the crimes occurred more than a century ago, sure sounds racist to me. If this was truly an American practice, we would have had our own Kristallnacht when the Rosenbergs gave Russia the bomb.
Interesting vanity.
You want them to get the Donald treatment?
Um..No
There’s an even better idea for reparations. Let’s consider the difference in what a typical West African’s standard of living is today (a per capita GDB of about 2-3K) vs. what the descendant of west African slaves has in the USA (about 20K). Since being brought here as slaves is what accounts for their difference in standard of living, it’s only fair that the descendants of slaves repay the descendants of slave-owners the 17-18K benefit that they’ve gained due to the benefits of being brought over here.