Posted on 11/25/2020 8:47:46 AM PST by Red Badger
Three Democrat senators have introduced a bill that would reform the U.S. Department of Agriculture and create a system of land grants to transfer millions of acres to Black farmers at no charge.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., the lead sponsor of the bill, tweeted Tuesday, "I'm proud to team up with @ewarren and @SenGillibrand to introduce the Justice for Black Farmers Act. We need to balance the scales after decades of systemic racism within @USDA have harmed Black farmers."
The bill was announced on Nov. 19 by Booker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and is set to be released on Nov. 30.
Booker told Mother Jones the bill aims to reverse the "destructive forces that were unleashed upon Black farmers over the past century — one of the dark corners of shame in American history." A new USDA agency called the Equitable Land Access Service would buy agricultural land from willing sellers and "convey grants of that land to eligible Black individuals at no cost to the eligible Black individuals," the bill states.
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Quickly becoming South Africa.
They’ll rent it out.
Oh, the bobby moogahbee land acquisition plan.
He should do a quick look up of the African nations that did that, and just how spectacularly that little social experiment has failed.
Great, here come the televised farming award shows
More like Zimbabwe. How soon until they just take land from White family farmers a give it to well connected blacks? And how many of those acres will then be sold for big bucks to commercial entities?
Welcome to South Africa....I guess the blacks will be NECKLACING THE WHITES NOW!!
what percentage of black do you need to be?
Will a Ancestry DNA test suffice?
Let’s see... I live in east central Indiana farm country and I have yet to see a black farmer...Amish, yes, women, yes... black, no
You mean to tell me that Obama allowed systemic racism at the USDA?
How about they give it back to the Indians?
This is unconstitutional.
sounds like a fantastic means of corruption.
I could see a 14th amendment challenge to this, if its a blanket bill. Also, what if the existing landowners aren’t willing to sell? Do we get a Bundy ranch scenario?
And then lose it.
Leading to another round of giveaways 20 years from now.
And blaming everyone else for their problems.
While we’re at it, doesn’t this violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment?
Oh wait. ALL of “affirmative action” violates that.
They can have all the acres their heart desires, in the Mohave.
Guess who. I think he wears magic underpants
Breaking911
@Breaking911
In his first post-election interview, Joe Biden indicates he’s open to nominating a Republican to his cabinet and says the Trump administration’s outreach has been “sincere.”
Or hold it for a year or two before selling to developers.
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