easyt65
Diamond Member
- Aug 4, 2015
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I have never owned a slave. I have never bought or sold anyone. I don't know anyone who has.
I don't know anyone who has been a slave. I don't know of anyone whose parents or gr
abdparents were slaves.
So who is California supposed to be paying reparations to?
I will meet Democrats half way. I totally support paying former slaves and / or their surviving immediate family the 30 acres (or whatever) and a mule they were promised when they were freed.
For every other black American citizen I offer this:
Unlike the Democrats, I promise NEVER to attempt to convince you that you are a VICTIM, that you aren't smart enough or capable enough to succeed on your own, and that you CAN'T succeed without the government doing everything for you and / or paying you reparations for something that ended generations ago.
I also promise not to engage in never-ending race-baiting, racial division, and fear-mongering. I will not ask you for money or especially ask for money then buy a mansion with it.
I will never call you an 'Uncle Tom' when you exercise your right to make your own decisions.
I will not say or do things to attempt to get your vote, will not claim to care about you and your families only at election time. like Democrats do.
I will not, however, agree to give a single minority group of Americans reparations for something neither they nor their families went through. especially when we are $30 trillion in debt.
Asking a Native American or asking Japanese Americans or their parents / grandparents - were put in internment camps during WWII - for some of their hard-working tax dollars to give to people that have been convinced they are victims who are OWED by everyone else is a slap in the face.
I don't know anyone who has been a slave. I don't know of anyone whose parents or gr
abdparents were slaves.
So who is California supposed to be paying reparations to?
I will meet Democrats half way. I totally support paying former slaves and / or their surviving immediate family the 30 acres (or whatever) and a mule they were promised when they were freed.
For every other black American citizen I offer this:
Unlike the Democrats, I promise NEVER to attempt to convince you that you are a VICTIM, that you aren't smart enough or capable enough to succeed on your own, and that you CAN'T succeed without the government doing everything for you and / or paying you reparations for something that ended generations ago.
I also promise not to engage in never-ending race-baiting, racial division, and fear-mongering. I will not ask you for money or especially ask for money then buy a mansion with it.
I will never call you an 'Uncle Tom' when you exercise your right to make your own decisions.
I will not say or do things to attempt to get your vote, will not claim to care about you and your families only at election time. like Democrats do.
I will not, however, agree to give a single minority group of Americans reparations for something neither they nor their families went through. especially when we are $30 trillion in debt.
Asking a Native American or asking Japanese Americans or their parents / grandparents - were put in internment camps during WWII - for some of their hard-working tax dollars to give to people that have been convinced they are victims who are OWED by everyone else is a slap in the face.