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Lawmakers in California, a free state that never had slaves, introduced a comprehensive slavery reparations package, a set of bills that represented the nation's first attempt to turn the concept into law.
The legislative package includes measures such as restoring property acquired through eminent domain and providing state funding to certain groups. It covers a wide range of issues, from criminal justice reform to housing segregation.
Noticeably, there are no cash payments to slave descendants.
Rep. Lori Wilson, chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, downplayed the significance of the lack of direct funding.
“Many people associate only direct cash payments with restitution, but the true meaning of the word repairs encompasses much more,” she said in a statement. “We need a comprehensive approach to dismantling the legacy of slavery and institutional racism.”
Slavery was abolished in 1865, and no one living today has ever suffered from that terrible legacy.
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Why California Reparations Package Doesn't Provide Cash Payments
Make no mistake. This compensation package does not include cash payments. Because California's leftist cesspool can't handle this.
The state currently faces a budget deficit of $68 billion.
Knowing this, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in March expressed “unanimous” support for a race-based reparations plan that would give $5 million to every eligible Black resident.
They also wanted a house with a guaranteed income of $97,000 per year for 250 years, “at just $1 per family.”
even situation The task force advised that each of the roughly 2.5 million black people would receive about $277,000, for a total price tag of about $34 billion.
This legislative package does not include that. However, there are provisions: part Financial relief.
The package states the goal is to “restore property acquired while using eminent domain as a race basis to its original owners or, where appropriate, provide other effective remedies, such as restitution or compensation.”
Some defenders of the idea of racist reparations designed to buy votes were not happy.
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Reparations are unpopular
Another reason this California reparations package may not include cash payments is because a majority of Americans oppose it and see it as an unaffordable pipe dream.
Even the Democratic Party.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who would do anything for a roll of Brycreem, let alone a vote, has refused to publicly support the payments recommended by the California task force.
“Dealing with an inheritance is much more important than a cash payment,” he said.
Except, no matter what they say publicly, those pushing for reparations care less about legacy than anything else. They are worried about money.
Polls show that more than three-quarters of white adults oppose reparations, as do majorities of Latinos and Asian Americans. Even in deep-blue California, voters are overwhelmingly opposed to the idea of paying cash to compensate for slavery.
No bill is more blatantly racist than demanding reparations based on skin color and the spurious notion that anyone in America today has ever suffered through slavery.
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