Posted on 03/27/2018 11:29:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
How radical can the Democrats get if they take over the government again? What used to be an extreme position - reparations to black people for slavery - is now entering the mainstream of Democratic party thought and could become a reality once the Democrats regain power.
Reparations have been mentioned since the end of slavery, but in recent years, it has been elevated to a serious issue by liberal Democrats. Rep. Maxine "Mad Max" Waters, appears to want to make it a cornerstone of a run for the presidency in 2020.
WATERS: “He’s a bully — he has a bully mentality. We need someone in the presidency who not only has good sense but understands diplomacy and understands what we need to do to have peace in this world so we can all look forward to the possibility that we’re someday going to have a world that’s about peace and justice and respect for individual liberty.”
RYE: “Is that your stump speech for 2020? — Is she running? Is she running?”
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WATERS: “I’d be happy to do that. That’s no problem. In order to get where we need to go on this issue and other issues, we really got to understand that 2018 is important in taking back the House and taking back the Senate ... If we want to get to the point where we can get reparations, we’ve got to have the power to do that, Number 1, by having a supportive president would be wonderful, but taking back the House would be absolutely wonderful ... I need to take back that House so that we can have a majority in that committee.”
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Awesome! Keep talking! Please!!
Take land from Whites NOW!!!
No reason why we can’t take the moral high ground like Zimbabwe and South Africa. And we’re guaranteed to get an approval from the United Nations! /s
Good point. There were many white slaves then as well.
I thought a the government doled out reparations for the past 50 years?
We ‘Whites’ are finally going to be paid back for the trillions we handed them, and for all the Mayhem and Death they have fostered on Society. Its about time!
Maxine needs to be inviting her constituents up to her mansion for a little sit-down and BBQ.
I hope those reperations are coming out of Aunte Maxine’s wallet.Because I’ll be damned if I’m paying them.
You likely have Greek privilege.
Maxine Waters represents the Gimmee Class.
They’re losing the black vote and they know it.
Just for some icing on top, they could add in how they were all opposed to the INCOME TAX CUT that POTUS put in.
Mad Maxine is going on 80 years old already....
she could serve as the “poster child” for old-age dementia
(and she still doesn’t live in her congressional district, may be excused for being too old to move?)
Here is a reparation plan I can live with:
1) Any living person who was held in slavery while slavery was the law of the land shall receive a one-time payment of $5.0 Million and shall be exempted from paying income tax for the rest of his/her life.
2) Any living person who is the biological offspring (son or daughter) of a person who was held in slavery while slavery was the law of the land shall receive a one time payment of $1.0 Million and shall be exempted from paying income tax for the rest of his/her life.
That’s all well and good, but Maxine Waters has been demented for her entire adult life. Age has got nothing to do with her craziness.
One-way coach ticket to Monrovia Liberia with a meal and a movie.
I think it’s spelled ‘Repercussions’.
Okay. Deal.
Anyone who was once a slave in the U.S. gets reparations.
They already get reparations.....welfare.
Also, what about blacks who owned black slaves, or participated in selling them into slavery? Are they eligible?
Should whites and Asians be compensated for discriminatory acts post-1964?
Should any “reparations” be offset by disproportionate welfare transfer payments, “diversity” discrimination, jail/prison costs, crime reparations, loss of real estate values, associated moving and finance costs . . .
Feel free to add more
And when the sum totals are derived and offset, how are the net reparations to be allocated to whites and other non blacks? How will those reparations be paid, and from whom?
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