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BET founder Robert Johnson calls for $14 trillion of reparations for slavery
CNBC ^ | June 1, 2020 | Matthew J. Belvedere

Posted on 06/01/2020 9:23:49 AM PDT by C19fan

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Here we go again.
1 posted on 06/01/2020 9:23:49 AM PDT by C19fan
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I've said this repeatedly.

After every incident involving race, the Left presents a false premise that we all need to come together and purge systemic racism or some nonsense.

Then in the very next breath, reparations are discussed and how much it should be.

2 posted on 06/01/2020 9:25:59 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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$14 trillion? Kinda makes Dr. Evil look restrained by comparison.


3 posted on 06/01/2020 9:27:23 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Like that will satisfy them
4 posted on 06/01/2020 9:27:28 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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“...the U.S. government should provide $14 trillion of reparations...”

He probably is too stupid to know that the government has no money, that all its money comes from taxpayers, and that since none of the taxpayers never owned slaves, they won’t be too keen on destroying their future.


5 posted on 06/01/2020 9:27:37 AM PDT by odawg
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The trillions spent on LBJ's “Great Society” haven't been enough, apparently.

And they've worked so well too. /sarc

6 posted on 06/01/2020 9:28:11 AM PDT by llevrok (Honor George Forman)
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OK. Let’s start with your wealth, Robert.


7 posted on 06/01/2020 9:28:17 AM PDT by John123 (It is Time for Debt Jubilee. Everything is Free)
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No problem - Jerome Powell is already on it.


8 posted on 06/01/2020 9:29:06 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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The demand for more would never, ever cease.


9 posted on 06/01/2020 9:29:47 AM PDT by FLvoter
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Dear Mr. Johnson,

Please tell us how long you were a slave!


10 posted on 06/01/2020 9:29:51 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
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ya, cuz once you pay blackmail money, the threat stops.......


11 posted on 06/01/2020 9:30:14 AM PDT by G Larry (The People must shutdown the tyrants.)
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How about getting your urban people to act civilized and we pay you nothing?


12 posted on 06/01/2020 9:30:16 AM PDT by bort
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This Robert guy is a “black conservative.”


13 posted on 06/01/2020 9:30:41 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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Pay him in Zimbabwe currency and he can buy a loaf of bread with it.


14 posted on 06/01/2020 9:30:43 AM PDT by johniegrad
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I really thought Mr. Johnson knew better than to suggest reparations. It will never be enough. Let’s not forget that every nationality or ethnic group has been a victim of prejudice at one time or another during America’s long history.

What about the Irish and the Chinese and the Japanese and the Italians and the Poles etc?
Reparations keeps the focus on the past be it real or fiction.
We need to live more in the present to thrive as a nation.


15 posted on 06/01/2020 9:30:46 AM PDT by lee martell
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In 2018, there were 280 more black-on-white murders in the US than white-on-black murders. I demand $580 million in reparations from the black community to the white community, $2 million per death.


16 posted on 06/01/2020 9:31:05 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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How about BLM reparations for rioting damages?


17 posted on 06/01/2020 9:31:15 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
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...and how did he magically make it, financially?


18 posted on 06/01/2020 9:31:16 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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If the $14 trillion was pledged, and raised, and dispersed, it would only be a down payment. In five years, the MSM would be saying that the $14 trillion was “only a down payment,” and the next demand would be for $28 trillion.


19 posted on 06/01/2020 9:31:17 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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Great idea. Just collect the money from those who actually owned slaves, and pay it to those who actually were slaves.


20 posted on 06/01/2020 9:31:46 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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