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The Fallacy Of Reparations
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Posted by NN2N1 2022-01-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 My Logic is basically.

Why are we discussing Reparations at all?

It fails so many legal and constitutional law tests to even be discussed.

Of which I pose many such pointed questions.
Posted by NN2N1 2022-01-20 03:19||   2022-01-20 03:19|| Front Page Top

#2 :-) I admit to enjoying thoughtful logic laid out for me to ponder and learn from. Thank you, NN2N1.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-01-20 03:40||   2022-01-20 03:40|| Front Page Top

#3 The logic is clearly explained, but one must first accept the existence of evil, greed, hatred, and envy.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-01-20 06:27||   2022-01-20 06:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Paid for in the blood and lives of 600,000 Americans in 1861-1865.

Paid In Full.
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-20 06:56||   2022-01-20 06:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Race Pandering, Baiting and Pimping idea that surfaces every national election year to stir up certain voters is insulting and demeaning. Its sole purpose is to stir up trouble in this country and try to hustle votes to try to put/keep the Party of the KKK in power.
Posted by JohnQC 2022-01-20 09:10||   2022-01-20 09:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Merrick, only about 360,000 of those Civil War deaths can be counted - the others died on behalf of the Confederacy. (And even of the 360,000, over 200,000 died of accident or disease.)
Posted by Glenmore 2022-01-20 14:13||   2022-01-20 14:13|| Front Page Top

#7 OK include the Union wounded.

An actuary would value a life today at $10 million. So 360k lives are equivalent to restitution / reparations of $3.6 trillion in today's dollars.

Add in the trillions in post-Great Society transfers and the debt is more than paid off.
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-20 14:51||   2022-01-20 14:51|| Front Page Top

#8 But if we deduct the cost of crimes committed by minoritahs from that, it might be a lot more.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-20 14:55||   2022-01-20 14:55|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ ... in which case, "America has given the Negro people the Negro people have given America a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds."
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-20 15:02||   2022-01-20 15:02|| Front Page Top

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