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Dem lawmaker in tears after Republican says its unfair for Asians, Latinos to pay reparations
FOX ^ | 21 Jun 2024 | Chris Pandolfo

Posted on 06/21/2024 6:46:02 PM PDT by blueplum

ACalifornia Democrat held back tears earlier this month when a Republican lawmaker said it would be unfair to make Asians and Latinos pay slavery reparations to African-Americans.

The exchange happened on June 11 during a meeting of the California Assembly Committee on Judiciary. The lawmakers were discussing SB 1331...

... Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez, a Republican from Santa Margarita... cited economists who analyzed the proposal from California's reparations task force and found it could cost $800 billion...."That's two and a half times the size of our entire state budget," she said. "To pay for that, you'd need a major tax hike unlike anything this state has ever seen before...."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: ashkalra; asians; balloontax; california; hispanics; katesanchez; reparations; sb1331; slavery
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To: thecodont
California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850.

That's main reason for me, nothing but political pandering.

41 posted on 06/22/2024 5:00:51 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Inyo-Mono

Out shopping today, I saw some guy wearing a T-shirt

front: Retired Slave
back: Never Again


42 posted on 06/22/2024 5:44:22 PM PDT by thecodont
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