Elizabeth Warren, 2020 Democratic candidate, says we must provide reparations (payments) to slave descendants. So do other 2020 Democratic candidates. But remember, the Union army fought a war to free those in slavery, and hundreds of thousands of Americans lost their lives fighting to end it. So, those Americans who fought and gave their lives for the freedom of slaves wasn’t enough? Will only the the Confederate states be the ones who should pay? What is the Democratic candidates’ plans for reparations?
Not only is Ms. Warren supporting reparations for slavery, but she believes gay couples and Native Americans should also qualify. They suffered injustices and should get reparations. How much is that exactly? How do you figure that cost? What is enough? Shouldn’t new laws and regulations be enough? How would we know who qualifies?
Where Does It Stop?
How about those bullied as kids? Sexually harassed in school and at work? Those who were a victim of a crime? What about those of Japanese descent who were locked up during World War II? Where is it ending? If we looked back through history, many Americans today could have some claim for emotional and/or physical pain and suffering. Next debate, we’ll see reparations for …. illegal immigrants locked up at the border. So…all illegal immigrants need reparations for coming to the US (shaking my head “no”).
Reparations Don’t Work
It will be a long drawn out process to do these reparations. Doing research and figuring out the claimants will take years. We cannot be responsible today for what people did hundreds of years ago. Different time; different society. Reparations were tried before without much success (see story below):
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/reparations-slavery.htm
If Democratic candidates need reparations, let’s use the special interest funds handed out to government officials, put it into a fund, and pay it from there. I bet you won’t see that reparation funding come up in debate.
They are democrat candidates There is NOTHING democratic about them.
Eric, everyone is just digging in, and nothing is getting done. I wish we could be more bipartisan, but that might be a while.