'Squad' Member Floats Eye-Catching Funding Plan For Reparations - State of the Union
By: Joseph Ellis (State of the Union)
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Joseph Ellis
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New York lawmaker Rep. Jamaal Bowman is advocating for a $14 trillion federal reparations measure, aiming to address the impact of slavery on Black Americans.
The bill aims to provide financial support to descendants of enslaved Black people and individuals of African descent, potentially spanning over several decades.
Bowman emphasized the historical economic contribution of slavery and proposes creative ways to distribute the funds.
"When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat," Bowman said. "The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone."
"Where did the money come from?" Bowman said. "We spent it into existence."
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The U.S. has "a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States."
Bowman additionally believes the "incarcerated should be able to vote."
"And I definitely think that when they come out, they should automatically be enfranchised," he said.
The bill aims to address racial disparities in housing, incarceration, education, and wealth, with a focus on eliminating the racial wealth gap.
"Who says the $14 trillion needs to be paid out in one shot?," Bowman pressed.
"It might be possible for it to be paid out over five or 10 or 20 years. You could take that $333,000 and break it up into monthly checks over X amount of time. There are creative ways to do the right thing and do what needs to be done."
"There were 246 years of free labor that produced trillions or hundreds of trillions of dollars for the U.S. economy," he said. "The economy wouldn't exist in the way it does today if slavery hadn't built it."
The measure faces opposition in the Senate and is part of a broader national and state-level movement for reparations.
No fascist nonsense.
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No, we borrowed the extra $6T.
Is that enough? Why not 50 trillion? There’s no point in being constrained by reality.
And he will be first in line to get a check
More evidence of how radical the Democratic Party has become:
2024: "Give us 14 trillion dollars of borrowed money so we can give to people because of the color of their skin."
1932: “As an immediate program of action we must abolish useless offices. We must eliminate actual prefunctions of government—functions, in fact, that are definitely not essential to the continuance of government. we must merge, we must consolidate subdivisions of government, and like the private citizen, give up luxuries we can no longer afford.” FDR
Unfortunately FDR said one thing and did another.
He expanded the federal government greatly under the new deal; and spent/borrowed money like there was no tomorrow.
He was a typical politician. Say one thing to get elected; and then do another completely.
The time to do monetary reparations was in the first generation or two after slavery ended, 160 years later is just too long a passage of time.
That is not to say its not justified, its just not economically feasible. Legal systematic racial discrimination continued for 100 YEARS after slavery ended, and will forever be a disgrace on America. Forever.
Why should the innocent pay people who were never victims?
"Why should the innocent pay people who were never victims?".
Bingo!
No, it's never justified, and it was the Democrat's racist policies and practices that caused "legal systematic racial discrimination [to be] continued for 100 YEARS after slavery ended, and will forever be a disgrace on America. Forever."
It never ceases to amaze me how progressive democrats constantly want the productive members of society to pay for their fuck-ups.
BULLS***!
The only ones that can give 100% verifiable proof that they were born into slavery should be eligible. American Americans that were born in other countries or, like Obama ,have no relatives that were slaves do not deserve it either. As a matter fact with Obama his family had slave owners.
They should pay the rest of us for putting up with them