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Not to be off topic, but your post reminds me of how to deal with reparations to black people.

Offer them income tax free status for the next 75 years. They can work as much as they want. Earn as much as they want. Spend it all as they like, or save it all as they like. Send their kids to better schools. Send their kids to college.

White people enjoyed a tremendous period of being free of this burden of personal income taxes. They should enjoy the same.

Oh yeah..........That also means no state or federal welfare either. No free healthcare.

9 posted on 05/29/2014 10:32:30 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)

In 1894, Congress passed the Wilson-Gorman tariff, which imposed the first peacetime income tax. The rate was 2% on income over $4000 ($109,030.77 in 2014 dollars), which meant fewer than 10% of households would pay any.

With the system the way it is now, it pays handsomely to be poor and not work!

...so I don't know if your idea would motive those satisfied with the 'reparations' they are currently receiving?