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Government Corruption
Denver Councilwoman Floats Whites-Only Business Tax
2023-05-13
[PJ] In the service of collecting on slavery reparations, an ultra-woke Denver city council member is floating a generous (with other people’s money) tax on white-owned businesses.

Racist taxation policy is Equityâ„¢, which is one of Our Sacred Valuesâ„¢ in Democracyâ„¢.

Obviously, taxing whitey is crucial because Denver has always been a notorious epicenter of White Supremacyâ„¢.

Via the New York Post:

A Denver councilwoman caused a stir when she declared that white-owned businesses should pay reparations.

Candi CdeBaca, a 37-year-old Democratic Socialist who is facing a run-off election in June, told a business forum Thursday that white-owned businesses should pay an additional race-based tax, which would be given in turn as reparations to minority-owned businesses.

"Capitalism was built on stolen land, stolen labor, and stolen resources," CdeBaca told the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance, 9 News reported.

She said business improvement districts could levy the racial tax.
I thought Affirmative Action, SNAP, and free college tuition accomplished similar outcomes? Is more still needed ?"
’You could be collecting those extra taxes from white-led businesses all over the city and redistributing them to black and brown-owned businesses," she said.

What does "capitalism was built on stolen land, stolen labor, and stolen resources" even mean? Capitalism is an economic ideology that promotes free-market exchange with minimal state interference. It has nothing whatsoever to do with stealing land. If, as has happened throughout history, nominally capitalist states have sanctioned land theft, that is an entirely separate issue from the ideology of capitalism.

This reminds me of that one time Tucker had the ditzy fashion writer from Teen Vogue on his show who had written a cringe thinkpiece about how Trump threatened something she called the "sovereignty of an entire religion," referring to Islam and Trump’s purportedly racist "Muslim ban."

"What does that even mean?" Carlson asked, to which the fashion writer responded with a word salad of more woke gibberish. It was an exquisite interview, vintage Tucker.
Related:
Candi CdeBaca: 2023-05-08 California Panel Approves Reparation Payments for Black Residents Up to $1.2 Million Each - But That's Not All
Candi CdeBaca: 2023-05-07 Denver Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca says white-owned businesses should pay reparations
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  More dreadlocks in Denver than Detroit as it is...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-05-13 11:38  

#7  Of course, that's probably what the councilwoman has in mind.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-05-13 11:31  

#6  Then when all the white business people leave Denver it'll look like Detroit or San Francisco.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-05-13 11:30  

#5  As long as they're just the registered Donks, the party of slavery, segregation and the Klan.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-05-13 09:36  

#4  So she wants all white owned business out of Denver. How does she classify Indians and Hawaiians? Will DNA tests be needed?
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-05-13 09:06  

#3  Israel.
Posted by: Hupainter Peacock1045   2023-05-13 07:26  

#2  Tell me, whose land wasn't 'stolen' from somebody else?
Posted by: Bobby   2023-05-13 04:09  

#1  The "Whites-Only Business Tax" should be accompanied by a large placard in the window of the business, declaring it.... "White Owned."

Failing that, simply confiscate the business assign it to others via interest free gov't loans.

Apartheid really is the key to Equity.

[sarc off]
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-05-13 02:19  

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