Cheez. Here we go. What a load of complete nonsense. Estimated as $300-$350k per person and maybe higher. An eligible black family of 4 would receive 1.2 million paid for by tax payers. Complete lunacy.
'Righting wrongs': Congress is taking another look at reparations for slavery
Deadbeats often contrive to profit off the labor of others.
Is a debt owed to the uncompensated who were forced to build the wealth of the nation? Of course.
"Reparations" (as in
"repair") is an acknowledgement of reality, and a commendable attempt to redress it.
Direct payments to the original victims of slavery are impossible, and determination of the appropriate amount to compensate descendants practicably unfeasible, imho.
The incurred debt can only be assuaged by redressing the history of inequality that has perpetuated the impact of the noxious institution by measures that are directed at the victimized class, not at specific individuals - e.g, remedial programs such as scholarship availability.