Forget the reparations BS, per se. In the quote above is the ENTIRE game of the corrupt in government. Taxpayer funding of studies, and taxpayer funding of studies and taxpayer funding of studies. Who chooses those who do the studies? The politicians.
As Eisenhower observed, "...we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."
Taxpayer funding of reparations? Climate change? Environmental reports? Clinical studies and sociological studies and....
"Taxpayer funded" for studies is taxpayers "fleeced" again and again -- for studies.... For modeling.... For evaluations and expert consensus.
“Taxpayer funding of studies...”
I often wonder how many billions have been spent studying Bullet Trains or High-Speed rail? It rears its head every couple years all over the country and local Govs keep funneling money to these “Studies.”