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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #75 on: March 24, 2023, 10:10:01 AM »
I kind of like the one about being the person, or related to a person jailed in the War on Drugs.

But only if they're black

I think the last total I saw was $640 billion.
Part of me wants them to vote this in and watch the city implode but only if this madness can be limited to SF.
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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #76 on: March 24, 2023, 10:37:27 AM »
I kind of like the one about being the person, or related to a person jailed in the War on Drugs.

That, and I wonder what the criteria are for being an ancestor of slaves. I thought every black person in the US is an ancestor of slaves.  ;/
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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #77 on: March 24, 2023, 11:16:13 AM »
"Part of me wants them to vote this in and watch the city implode but only if this madness can be limited to SF."

I want California to adopt it whole heartedly... I want to see the entire state collapse. They've come close, but this could be the thing that tips them into budget oblivion.
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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #78 on: March 24, 2023, 11:28:16 AM »
"Part of me wants them to vote this in and watch the city implode but only if this madness can be limited to SF."

I want California to adopt it whole heartedly... I want to see the entire state collapse. They've come close, but this could be the thing that tips them into budget oblivion.

Except Cali imploding will bring in the feds thus all US tax payers in as a whole and then the entire country implodes. I rather they learn this is a stupid idea before it gets out of SF and drag the rest of the country down with them. I rather remain a spectator and not become a participant.
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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #79 on: March 24, 2023, 11:38:31 AM »
It actually may not, especially if the Republicans control one or both houses. I have no doubt that Republicans would be more than happy to quash any attempted bail out.

Remember what happen to New York City when it went begging the Feds for money after years of absolutely stunning fiscal mismanagement.

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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #80 on: March 24, 2023, 11:42:02 AM »
Yeah, but even with R control, eventually a D will get back in. Refer to the stupid bullet train, which Trump put the federal fund kibosh on. Brandon tossed them money his first month in office.
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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #81 on: March 24, 2023, 11:49:18 AM »
"Brandon tossed them money his first month in office."

which wasn't even remotely the amount that had originally been proposed for the project, or what California was subsequently looking for.
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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #82 on: March 28, 2023, 09:02:29 PM »
California Passes $5 Million In Reparations For Black People Whose GIFs Have Ever Been Used By A White Person
https://babylonbee.com/news/california-passes-5-million-in-reparations-for-any-black-person-who-has-had-white-people-use-their-gifs
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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #83 on: March 29, 2023, 10:28:56 AM »
Blackmail.

Vote-buying.

I hate cutting through the bullshit, but that's what it is.

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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #84 on: March 30, 2023, 07:07:56 AM »
$5 million is not enough. At least for "foundational black Americans", who basically built the entire world and propped up all other cultures.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/5-million-too-little-activists-tell-california-reparations-committee-aim-higher
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Re: $223,200 per person reparations
« Reply #85 on: March 30, 2023, 07:57:26 AM »
$5 million is not enough. At least for "foundational black Americans", who basically built the entire world and propped up all other cultures.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/5-million-too-little-activists-tell-california-reparations-committee-aim-higher
The only - ONLY - proper "reparation" for the activists who think they're owed something is permanent relocation/repatriation to their ancestral homelands where their cultural values will be properly appreciated.
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