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2021-08-11 -Great Cultural Revolution

'The new 40 acres and a mule': Connecticut plans to give black people a head start in legalized marijuana dispensaries in 'equity' drive

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 So there goes another state run "goldmine" too..

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-11 07:26|| 2021-08-11 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Connecticut was not among the 'slave' states in the union. It's all about the hustle of spinless godless privilege whites in existential crisis.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-11 08:01|| 2021-08-11 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Connecticut, land of very high taxes, has a "Social Equity Council" to sort out inequities based on race? It's anything but that; it's racist. Most likely, it's unconstitutional too. What if someone wants to set up a dispensary in a largely white community? What will the council do? Idiocracy reigns supreme in these blue cities and states. What's the racial make-up of the social equity council?

Posted by JohnQC 2021-08-11 08:22|| 2021-08-11 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 “Forty acres and a mule”.

Was a civil war Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman statement to enlist freed slaves in support of his battle efforts against the Confederate States of America. He offered land and self determination in hopes of gaining their labor support.Note: He already had a documented history of NOT feeding, protecting and abandoning freed slaves in his War Crimes applicable March to the Sea and back up.

For the record NO no such statements or promises has had US Congressional authority, legal nor budget authority.
Plus this was prior to the end of the Civil War and there was no such level of official backing by President Lincoln either.

It was just a unauthorized offer made by Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman on January 16, 1865. An sometime later, was followed by a series of conversations between Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who suspected as having a role in the Lincoln assassination and then running a kangaroo court to eliminate political opponents.

So this amounted to an invading nation giving away another nations property before a war ended and peace terms had been agreed on.

THE REAL QUESTION
So how many slaves did Connecticut have between 1800-1848?
Because its slavery officially ended in 1848. Well according to the USA Census from 1800-1848 there were about 1030 total slaves counted during that 48 period in Conn. with only 54 the last year slaves were counted.

Since slavery was a STATE matter and NOT a Federal Gov. matter until 1860, Connecticut can then only be held responsible for its own actions. So let us use the Connecticut 1800-1848 total numbers of 1030 x what 40 ac and mule cost in 1865 adjusted for 2021 inflation would be about $5,917.31 X 1030 for a total of $6,094,829.30.

BTW: That $6.09M would be SPLIT across only living Connecticut blood related decedents of the 1030. Since the offer was made to ONLY include living freed slave adults at the time and NOT future Offspring's. So this boils down to a shared Trust Fund Inheritance. Not a identical individual 40ac/Mule awards for future generations.

Lets say that of the estimated 371,412 Black-Americans now living in CONN, 50% are blood related decedents of the 1030 counted between 1800-1848. That equals about 185,706.

IF it were legalized by the courts, that $6,094,829.30 / 185,706 would equal $33.00 +/- for each qualified person of the shared Trust Fund Inheritances.

I'd say make it a 1 time Conn State Tax deduction of $33 if approved by the courts.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-11 09:56|| 2021-08-11 09:56|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ Please cut to the chase. Do people who never owned slaves owe people who are not provably descendants of slaves anything? No. Let's move on now...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-11 10:31|| 2021-08-11 10:31|| Front Page Top

#6 So the Connecticut pols think that the best opportunity for blacks is in the drug trade. Stereotype much, Nutmeg-ers?

Posted by Mercutio 2021-08-11 12:02|| 2021-08-11 12:02|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Ow!

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-11 12:37|| 2021-08-11 12:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Got to agree with #2 and #5. About 365,000 northerners died in the Civil War. Long past time to move on.

Posted by JohnQC 2021-08-11 14:53|| 2021-08-11 14:53|| Front Page Top

#9 My forebears arrived in the US after the Civil War. I don't owe anybody anything...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-11 17:48|| 2021-08-11 17:48|| Front Page Top

#10 A legal weed shop would be quite an asset for an untouchable drug dealer.

Posted by Grunter 2021-08-11 19:26|| 2021-08-11 19:26|| Front Page Top

#11 And a great way to launder money.

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-11 19:27|| 2021-08-11 19:27|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Eohippus Glusoger7178 2021-08-11 20:33|| 2021-08-11 20:33|| Front Page Top

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