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SickOfTheOnePct

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15. Agree

Reply to Progressive Lawyer (Original post)

Sun May 7, 2023, 03:56 PM

May 2023

If it’s determined that cash reparations are the way to go, the number also has to make sense…I hear numbers like $5M each or even from a speaker last week $200M each.

Given that the average net worth of white Americans is a bit under $1M, and the median is less than $200k, the numbers above don’t make sense.

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Reparations for Black Slavery; A Proposal re: "40 Acres and a Mule" [View all] Progressive Lawyer May 2023 OP

General Sherman promised something. jimfields33 May 2023 #1

Freedman's Bureau was authorized by Congress. NT Progressive Lawyer May 2023 #3

Wow. That changes things. Why weren't they given it? jimfields33 May 2023 #6

You are absolutely, positively wrong. hippywife May 2023 #2

I just don't agree...this is a losing issue for us politically...let's move into the future and Demsrule86 May 2023 #4

It doesn't matter... hippywife May 2023 #7

It is not the right thing to do if it helps elect Republicans...you have to deal with reality here. Demsrule86 May 2023 #17

We will get destroyed politically if we push this, plus the complexities of who gets reparations Celerity May 2023 #13

What an interesting life you have had...and I agree with what you say... Demsrule86 May 2023 #16

Former slaves were never promised wealth. They were promised an opportunity to gain wealth. Progressive Lawyer May 2023 #5

For which they were blocked at every turn. hippywife May 2023 #8

I never denied that they are owed. I said lumpsum payments are not analogous to 40 acres + mule. Progressive Lawyer May 2023 #9

However you identify... hippywife May 2023 #10

Agreed MutantAndProud May 2023 #11

What do you think that looks like? Happy Hoosier May 2023 #19

I like your idea. A lump sum would only be a temporary transfer of wealth. keithbvadu2 May 2023 #12

'Renewed interest in slavery reparations" does in no way mean popular support. Captain Stern May 2023 #14

Agree SickOfTheOnePct May 2023 #15

Most Americans don't have $400 for an emergency flamingdem May 2023 #18

Horrible Idea NowISeetheLight May 2023 #20