Finally some good ideas for reparations!

  • HAHAHAHAHA


    I'll bet this guy is unbiased.


    Seriously. I hope they do this and that every non-back person moves the fuck out. Turn the place into West Detroit. Who in the fuck would pay for it then? It would be GREAT because the blacks would have to live there to get the "benefits" and they'd be living in a fucking ghetto zoo before too long.


    Then we could prosecute the racists that try to move away and shun their legal obligations to give blacks their money.


    Supervisor Shamann Walton speaks during a special Board of Supervisors hearing about reparations in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Supervisors in San Francisco are taking up a draft reparations proposal that includes a $5 million lump-sum payment for every eligible Black person. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)



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    It’s something we would do for our future, for everybody’s collective future,” said Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, whose district includes the heavily LGBTQ Castro neighborhood.





    San Francisco board open to reparations with $5M payouts
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at…
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    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family.


    These were some of the more than 100 recommendations made by a city-appointed reparations committee tasked with the thorny question of how to atone for centuries of slavery and systemic racism. And the San Francisco Board of Supervisors hearing the report for the first time Tuesday voiced enthusiastic support for the ideas listed, with some saying money should not stop the city from doing the right thing.


    Several supervisors said they were surprised to hear pushback from politically liberal San Franciscans apparently unaware that the legacy of slavery and racist policies continues to keep Black Americans on the bottom rungs of health, education and economic prosperity, and overrepresented in prisons and homeless populations.


    “Those of my constituents who lost their minds about this proposal, it’s not something we’re doing or we would do for other people. It’s something we would do for our future, for everybody’s collective future,” said Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, whose district includes the heavily LGBTQ Castro neighborhood.


    The draft reparations plan, released in December, is unmatched nationwide in its specificity and breadth. The committee hasn’t done an analysis of the cost of the proposals, but critics have slammed the plan as financially and politically impossible. An estimate from Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, which leans conservative, has said it would cost each non-Black family in the city at least $600,000.


    Tuesday’s unanimous expressions of support for reparations by the board do not mean all the recommendations will ultimately be adopted, as the body can vote to approve, reject or change any or all of them. A final committee report is due in June.


    Some supervisors have said previously that the city can’t afford any major reparations payments right now given its deep deficit amid a tech industry downturn.


    Tinisch Hollins, vice-chair of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee, alluded to those comments, and several people who lined up to speak reminded the board they would be watching closely what the supervisors do next.


    “I don’t need to impress upon you the fact that we are setting a national precedent here in San Francisco,” Hollins said. “What we are asking for and what we’re demanding for is a real commitment to what we need to move things forward.”


    The idea of paying compensation for slavery has gained traction across cities and universities. In 2020, California became the first state to form a reparations task force and is still struggling to put a price tag on what is owed.


    The idea has not been taken up at the federal level.

  • So the proposal is to give free money, a lot of it, to selected people based on color or the "identification of having a certain melanin content". Then for the next 10 to 12 generations pay a stipend to more people with free housing to boot, no taxes and I am sure free utilities to be added soon. As payment for slavery in a state that did not have slavery. What could possibly go wrong.


    Game and fish organizations tell folks not to feed the wild life as the critters become dependent on the handouts and stop fending for themselves. This works exactly the same for 2 legged animals (let there be no doubt, humans do belong to the animal kingdom) as there is no reason to strive, work or even educate themselves or kids when they are paid money for free. This is patently obvious already with welfare queens and kings working only to insure they keep the free govt money coming.

  • If this actually goes forward, how long do you figure the CA govt will last before there is a massive exodus and a collapse of the state infrastructure?

    U-Haul’s annual report for 2021 showed people are heading to Texas and Florida more than any other state while leaving California and Illinois.


    The report is indicative of migration trends across the United States and Canada. With more than 23,000 rental locations that use about 176,000 trucks, 126,000 trailers, and 46,000 towing devices, U-Haul said it ran out of inventory in California.

  • U-Haul’s annual report for 2021 showed people are heading to Texas and Florida more than any other state while leaving California and Illinois.

    I keep telling people to stay away from Illinois. For your own good.


    Really.

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