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Anonymous Coward User ID: 3939588 United States 06/28/2019 11:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm Irish and i want my reparations from my ancestors being enslaved for all of those years. Slavery reparations could carry a $17 trillion price tag A new bill would calculate potential costs of reparations — and by Yahoo Finance estimates, these could reach as high as $17.1 trillion. Last week, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held the first hearing in a decade on H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. The bill was first introduced in 1989 by former Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). Conyers reintroduced the bill each year until his retirement in 2017 — and each year, the bill languished in Congress. [link to www.yahoo.com (secure)] Most of the $ will end up in lawyers' pockets... each black will receive a 12 cent check. |
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User ID: 77361703 United States 06/28/2019 11:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Reparations huh? Who's John Galt? Last Edited by Pinochet'sChopperPilot on 06/28/2019 11:33 AM Come on and take a free ride. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77722849 United States 06/28/2019 11:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I want reparations for my ancestors that died in the civil war freeing the slaves. The blacks already have had their reparations, they have the privilege of living in the USA where they have the opportunity to make something of their lives, instead of living in a shithole African country. They should be grateful for this opportunity. Quoting: Emerald_Empress Hate to break it to you NO northern young men would ever put their lives on the line to fight to the death to free slaves(migrant workers) from "Southern Plantation Owners". They were disconnected and could care less NO Southern young men put their life on the line to PROTECT the rights of "Southern Plantation Owners" to have slaves. They were also disconnected and could care less about the less then 1% of the country's population rich enough to have slave (migrant workers) The Civil War had NOTHING to do with SLAVES. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76860697 United States 06/28/2019 11:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Has anybody calculated the cost of 40 acres and a mule for every male slave at the end of the Civil War? Oh wait... I just did that. Avg cost for 1 acre in 1865 = $17 x 40 = $680 Adjusted for inflation = $10,700 Avg cost for a mule in 2019 = $3,000 Number of slaves in 1865 = 4,000,000 (assume 1/2 are male) Total = 2,000,000 x ($10,700 + 3,000) = $27.4 TRILLION in other words... t'ain't gonna happen. |
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User ID: 76010295 United States 06/28/2019 11:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know a black guy who still owns the land in Georgia that his black slave ancestors were given as reparations back in the 1870’s. Certainly his family was not the only one who received reparations back when it was appropriate to do so. Have a nice day = GFY. GFY = Go Fuck Yourself. If this offends you then have a nice day. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77750620 United States 06/28/2019 11:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm fine with reparations. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75856653 Anyone who was a slave should step forward and be given their due. If you weren't a slave personally, you have no claim. Yes, but the slaves have a large percentage of slave-owner blood in them. Now, it might have been rape or the women trading sex for lower-work jobs, but the fact remains that almost all blacks in this country have MORE slave-owner blood in them than whites. Proportionately, few whites owned slaves, and most came here after slavery was abolished. There were also a number of free black men who WERE slave-owners. So basically, you are saying that people whose ancestors never had anything to do with slavery should be paying descendants of slave-owners for their own ancestor's misdeeds? |
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User ID: 77021014 United States 06/28/2019 11:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sheer fuckin lunacy!! Quoting: Russian hacker These people are insane. This whole idea of reparations is completely ridiculous. Talking about Reparations is like reading Playboy magazine and thinking you're going to get some pussy from one of the models and you haven't got two quarters to rub together. It ain't happening. I don't have the time or the crayons to explain this to you. Slake Blake |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77762657 United States 06/28/2019 11:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sheer fuckin lunacy!! Quoting: Russian hacker These people are insane. This whole idea of reparations is completely ridiculous. Talking about Reparations is like reading Playboy magazine and thinking you're going to get some pussy from one of the models and you haven't got two quarters to rub together. It ain't happening. I don’t think I’ve ever read Playboy magazine. I’ve looked at a few though. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77750620 United States 06/28/2019 12:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm fine with reparations. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75856653 Anyone who was a slave should step forward and be given their due. If you weren't a slave personally, you have no claim. I was about to post the same thing! I am sure those slave ancestors would be so proud to see their blood money going to great, great, great grandchildren who do drugs, who turn down their opportunities to learn at school, who steal and harass, who are violent, who have babies at 16 while not marrying, who choose not to work, who cannot seem to speak English, who think the most important goal in life is to bag as many sex partners as they can find... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77763998 United States 06/28/2019 12:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No problem. 1 million per black and 1 one way ticket back to his Homeland. Still cheaper I thing. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77210251 There approximately 37,144,530 black people in the US. 17,000,000,000,000 / 37,144,530 = $457,671.70 per person How in hell will you define black? People are so mixed up these days that almost everyone will be defined as "black", unless you require some arbitrary measure of color. Perhaps a full body scan with a reflection spectrophotometer such that you pass or fail some arbitrary darkness coefficient? This is just getting stupid. Just imagine another bureaucracy like the TSA to administer it. |
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User ID: 42471350 United States 06/28/2019 12:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | part of the emancipation proclamation was that NO IDLE MAN WOULD BE SUPPORTED. Meaning, ok free men, GO WORK. Not welfare. didnt keep your end of the bargain now did ya? "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace" Jimi Hendrix |
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