Recently, Steven P. McNicoll posted:

"Skywise" wrote in message
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I'll second that. I'm sick and tired of the descendents of
the slaves demanding recompense (in whatever form) from the
descendents of the slave owners. Were you personally enslaved?
Were you personally a slave owner? I thought not. Remember the
past, yes, but get over it.


Are the descendents of the slaves demanding recompense from only the
descendents of the slave owners? I thought the reparations effort
was to gain compensation from the federal government, which would
presumably obtain it from general revenue. That would have all
taxpayers paying reparations, not just those that are descended from
slave owners.

Which is just one of many reasons why this won't fly. Consider, too, that
the decendents of slaves are tax payers!

Neil