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The concept of reparations is simple. But the practical political administration of the idea is mind bogglingly complex. These are just a few of the questions that would need to be answered before the issue could even be considered realistically:

Who is "black"?

How much "black blood" would be necessary to claim reparations? One-half? One-fifth? Less?

Would recent black immigrants from Africa be eligible for reparations?

Should blacks be compensated for discriminatory practices after slavery ended? If so, why not the Irish, the Italians, the Slavs, and others who were similarly discriminated against when they first arrived?

Who decides all these questions? Congress? A "Reparations Commission" of some kind?

I'm sure you can come up with your own questions about how reparations would be divvied up in the real world. And that's the problem with the entire issue; it's not real. It's a fantasy - a bad nightmare that would divide and destroy the country far more than the KKK could ever dream of doing.

1 posted on 03/27/2018 11:29:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Dumbass. They already got reparations.....trillions in the war on poverty + the hundreds of thousands of dead Americans during the War of Northern Aggression. FOAD Mad Maxine!


2 posted on 03/27/2018 11:31:06 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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This senile old knobby kneed mare is stuck on stupid. Does anyone actually listen to her craven rants any more?


3 posted on 03/27/2018 11:31:07 AM PDT by EinNYC
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Y’all gone git paaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyD!


4 posted on 03/27/2018 11:31:53 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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I identify as a black lesbian so show me da money, sista.


5 posted on 03/27/2018 11:32:13 AM PDT by shelterguy (Bigdeal)
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I don’t owe blacks one thin dime for slavery nor does the country.


6 posted on 03/27/2018 11:32:22 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Like hell. I’ve paid enough. You need to pay me, ugly-a$$ hag.


8 posted on 03/27/2018 11:34:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is not a religion. It is a political movement to establish a religion.)
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I will shoot anyone in the face that attempts to collect reparations from me or my family. Closed casket.


9 posted on 03/27/2018 11:34:41 AM PDT by Salvavida (The Missouri citizen's militia sends its regards.)
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Reparations?

Will the decades of billions already thrown at American minorities be deducted from the ‘reparations’ number?


10 posted on 03/27/2018 11:35:36 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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Let me get this straight. If you’re black you’ll be eligible. So how about all the black slave owners? Plus, my family came over from Greece, mother and father side, long after the Civil War. Why do I pay?


11 posted on 03/27/2018 11:35:51 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Let's get Newt in there in some capcity.)
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Ha!


12 posted on 03/27/2018 11:35:56 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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This was EXACTLY Hillary’s first item if she had won.


15 posted on 03/27/2018 11:37:12 AM PDT by Zathras
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More?!


16 posted on 03/27/2018 11:37:32 AM PDT by albie
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Say it loud, Max! Let every Democrat run on “reparations”. Add “gun control” (confiscation), and you have a winning combination.


17 posted on 03/27/2018 11:37:57 AM PDT by windsorknot
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I really wonder how the dems can possibly make a comeback when they have pushed out everyone who is pro-life, white people who support the Constitution, especially white men who are straight.

That right there is over 50%, probably closer to 67% when the proper questions are asked correctly.

18 posted on 03/27/2018 11:38:13 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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Reparations will never end. The ultimate goal is confiscation and extermination.

Think how crazy it is. By what measure do today’s black citizens deserve a damn thing? For the crime rate? Drugs? Abusive mothers and absent fathers? Oh I forgot again, that’s all my fault somehow.


19 posted on 03/27/2018 11:38:18 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Awesome! Keep talking! Please!!


21 posted on 03/27/2018 11:39:01 AM PDT by simpson96
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Take land from Whites NOW!!!

No reason why we can’t take the moral high ground like Zimbabwe and South Africa. And we’re guaranteed to get an approval from the United Nations! /s


22 posted on 03/27/2018 11:39:47 AM PDT by Professional
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I thought a the government doled out reparations for the past 50 years?


24 posted on 03/27/2018 11:39:49 AM PDT by Leep (Make The Swamp Small Again!)
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We ‘Whites’ are finally going to be paid back for the trillions we handed them, and for all the Mayhem and Death they have fostered on Society. Its about time!


25 posted on 03/27/2018 11:40:10 AM PDT by heights
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I hope those reperations are coming out of Aunte Maxine’s wallet.Because I’ll be damned if I’m paying them.


27 posted on 03/27/2018 11:41:19 AM PDT by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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