[Diamond]

I don't know about Dave S, but I am opposed to forcing people to pay reparations for acts committed by people long dead to people now alive who were not victims of those acts.

Cordially,

[WOSG]

I agree with the principle, buy Keyes is really talking not of having other people pay but lower some people's taxes.

Keyes' magic of turning 'reparations' into what is in effect a large tax cut (similar to Kemp's 'enterprise zones' idea) is rhetorical brilliance in my mind. How else would you back Jesse Jackson into actually supporting LOWER TAXES???

[BufordP]

There's a difference here. It's "tax relief" as opposed to "reparation payments". I know it may still be a little hard to swallow considering it entails discrimination but it may just be a campaign plow. I'd wait awhile and see how this plays out in the debates before jumping to conclusions. Especially, considering Keyes previous position.

To nip any "tax relief" vice "taxpayer subsidy" - money is fungible arguments, I think tax reductions are the path to reduced spending whereas tax subsidies are the road to tax increaseS. Even though, we haven't seen much of that from the current crop of RINOs in the House, the Senate, and YES - THE WHITEHOUSE!