Posted on 06/12/2024 6:52:18 AM PDT by bitt
A California State Legislature committee has approved a bill that could allocate a staggering $800 billion for slavery reparations—a sum that is more than 2.5 times the state’s annual budget.
This decision comes from a state that historically never practiced slavery and will be paying individuals who themselves were never enslaved.
The reparations initiative stems from the recommendations of California’s Reparations Task Force, which convened for the first time in 2020. The task force, made up of eight black members and one Asian member, was established through Assembly Bill 3121.
According to the California Attorney General’s website, the committee’s purpose is threefold: “(1) to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans; (2) to recommend appropriate ways to educate the California public of the task force’s findings; and (3) to recommend appropriate remedies in consideration of the Task Force’s findings.”
The task force ultimately voted in favor of recommendations that could include payments of a minimum of 360,000 to each eligible black resident in the state. As reported by the New York Post, this reparations proposal could potentially cost the state up to 800 billion — more than 2.5 times its annual budget.
On May 21, 2024, following a motion for reconsideration and a series of procedural votes, the bill was passed in the California State Senate, securing a vote of 30-7.
On Tuesday, the Assembly Judiciary Committee heard the bill. State Rep. Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez, the only member to raise concerns, voiced her alarm.
“Economists, consultants from the task force reported the total amount could be as much as 800 billion. That’s two and a half times the size of our entire state budget. To pay for that, you’d need a major tax hike unlike anything this state has ever seen before,” Sanchez said.
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This decision comes from a state that historically never practiced slavery.
Scam package
When all that is said and done if this bill passes and California becomes bankrupt guess what, ‘someone’ will bail them out, someone from the Federal government.
And I would not be surprised if THAT passed. (this would be years down the line from now but these people never go away).
Remember stupid NY and the 70s.
Well there you have it. Reparations for slavery is becoming a prominent liberal cause.
So we are going to ask people who had nothing to do with slavery to pay people who were never slaves.
What comes from California inevitably emanates through the entire nation.
CA Black population roughly 6.5% total population. Quite the payday.
I’m sure the 39% Hispanic and 17% Asian population will be just fine with their taxes going to their oppressed neighbors.
So California continues to be stupid. No shock there.
Of course we know they’ll look to the US (that’s the rest of us) to pay the bill.
Can we kick them out of the Republic yet? Let them be their own country?
The plan, I believe, is that a deal will be struck to sell the states’ debt to the federal government in exchange for reduction in the power of the states.
Liberals want New York and California to rule the nation.
Sadly yup.
100% accurate assessment.
When all that is said and done if this bill passes and California becomes bankrupt....
Don’t be silly. You know damned well their goal is to get the rest of us crackers to pay for it. It’ll be Federal money.
Ask yourself, who really benefits from this? It sure won’t be black people.
And would black people be ineligible if they cannot prove descent from a slave?
BTTT
At first glance, I would say Bill of Attainder.
Then, no.
But, maybe?
Courts have adopted a three-part test to determine if a law functions as a bill of attainder:
1. The law inflicts punishment.
2. The law targets specific named or identifiable individuals or groups.
3. Those individuals or groups would otherwise have judicial protections.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/bill_of_attainder
My thoughts -
1. Inflicts punishment on non-blacks
2. Targets identifiable groups - no brainer there
3. Refer to 1.
Who says all of the determining criteria have to apply to the same group?
Or you could say that instead of a punishment or economic penalty paid by a targeted group to the government, it gets paid directly to a party designated by the government.
Californians paying reparations from who, to who, and for what?
These funds will not be distributed to the black population. The progressive way is to give it to NGO’s to be used for ‘projects’. You know the NGOs in Washington State are the profressionals and will be copied.
Politicians and the “well connected” need a huge pile of money to loot. The larger the pile, the less attention is paid to the small “lost and unaccounted for” sums.
1% of $800 billion is $8billion. They aim high since the approved amount will undoubtedly be considerably lower, but you see my point. These are professional thieves feeding at the public trough, a government tradition.
Hustlers are everywhere it’s all about the buck.
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