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| Duke University Economist Calls for $12 Trillion in Slavery Reparations |
| 2020-08-16 |
| [Breitbart] Duke University economist William Darity Jr. and his wife Kirsten Mullen have co-authored a report proposing $12 trillion in reparations for Americans whose ancestors were enslaved. The plan, written for The Roosevelt Institute, calls for between $10 trillion and $12 trillion — approximately $800,000 per African-American household — to be paid. "[The] US government—the culpable party—must pay the debt," the report proclaims. "Ultimately, respect for black Americans as people and as citizens—and acknowledgment, redress, and closure for the history and financial hardship they have endured—requires monetary compensation." The proposal has been dismissed by conservative and libertarian-leaning experts, who say it would greatly hinder economic growth. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 Cost of lost productivity and wealth from just the Union casualties of the Civil War? To say nothing of all the losses in the South, including property destruction? Costs of black social pathologies? Costs of all the social programs that disproportionately benefit blacks? Social costs of affirmative action and "desegregation"? Costs to society of "wiggerezation" and its effects on the majority population? Costs of racial bloc voting for Democrats and their policies? |
| Posted by: charger 2020-08-16 18:34 |
| #14 Fuck off |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-08-16 18:01 |
| #13 Is his nick-name Dr-Evil? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-08-16 15:47 |
| #12 The Great Society Social Spending on blacks and other minorities since the '60s far exceeds the $12 Trillion. Bills for the balance owed by the black/minority recipients will accompany your mail-in ballots |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-08-16 13:34 |
| #11 Two major problems with reparations: Who gets them, and who pays them? Does Obama get reparations? His father was from Kenya. If any of his ancestors were slaves, they were slaves of Muslims in Africa. Does my wife have to pay reparations? Her ancestors came to the US in the 1920s from the UK. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2020-08-16 13:27 |
| #10 I'll burn everything I own and disappear in the woods first. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-16 12:58 |
| #9 Prob should look at Duke's donor list. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-08-16 12:49 |
| #8 One-way ticket to Liberia + a flat-screen, a new pair of Jordans and a box of Happy Meals. Now get the phuc out. |
| Posted by: Slats Elmereque8770 2020-08-16 10:08 |
| #7 the only reparation i would even be remotely open to discussing would be a one-way ticket to Liberia and a signed document renouncing their citizenship. you're either part of the country or not. looters of the public coffers have too long been seen as part of the country. |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-08-16 09:30 |
| #6 He should pay us for bringing his ancestors over here. |
| Posted by: Dacama 2020-08-16 07:58 |
| #5 12 cents is too much. |
| Posted by: Dacama 2020-08-16 07:56 |
| #4 Is the king of shakedowns, Jesse Jackson, ill? He's been awfully quiet during all of this BLM and reparations stuff. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-08-16 07:08 |
| #3 shakedown |
| Posted by: Slats Elmereque8770 2020-08-16 07:05 |
| #2 The fact that it's even a topic of discussion is ridiculously absurd. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-08-16 07:04 |
| #1 Already been paid out in various "Great Society" programs since 1965. You wasted it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-08-16 06:51 |