Posted on 11/29/2019 2:05:46 PM PST by david1292
An Illinois town has approved a measure to fund a local reparations program with proceeds from the purchase of recreational marijuana.
On Monday, Evanston aldermen voted 8-1 in favor of the proposal aimed at what officials believe will improve help the citys black community. Local leaders eye marijuana dispensaries as an attractive source of revenue to reverse what they call the ongoing impact of institutional racist and persisting effects of slavery, according to the Chicago Tribune. The fund will be capped at $10 million, according to city of Evanston staff reports. City estimates project the marijuana tax could generate $500,000 to $750,000 per year, the newspaper noted.
However, Evanston officials face roadblocks in collecting adequate revenue from the plan as various suburbs have yet to approve the establishment of recreational marijuana dispensaries, despite them being scheduled to become legal in Illinois next year.
We can implement funding to directly invest in black Evanston, 5th Ward Alderman Robin Rue Simmons said of the measure.
The marijuana tax will be invested in the community it unfairly policed and damaged, Simmons added.
This is a really special moment in the city of Evanston and also in the country, stated Second Ward Alderman Peter Braithwaite.
The development comes as Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced resolutions to approve studies to examine reparations proposals for African Americans over slavery.
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Brilliant!!! Dammit, if i’d’ve suggested that, y’all’d be sayin’, “Where’s the /s tag, dude?”
Illinoise.
The bastion of civic responsibility.
Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!
That’s a better idea than Midnight Basketball. It’s so crazy it might actually work.
I stand corrected. Interesting read about the “reverse underground railroad”. Thanks for a very interesting look at Illinois history.
my ancestors arrived in pre-colonial days as indentured servants from Ireland. Indentured servant-hood is a form of slavery. If I lived in Evanston would that be worth a cup of copy?
Whoa. Nice catch. It's going to take a while to sort out who actually qualifies for the money so, in the meantime, well, we'll just hold on to that money for safe keeping.
Perhaps reparations could be paid for by taxing certain products, e.g. Jet magazine.
Ironic considering Evanston was dry until the 1970’s; the first liquor stores opened in the 1980’s.
First, they start with the obvious, black slavery reparations. But next it could be climate change reparations. Or maybe they'll expand to include other issues like student loan debt reparations. Or disparate housing reparations. Or income inequality reparations. Or LGBT discrimination reparations. Or gun control reparations. Or illegal alien reparations.
The possibilities are endless with the democRATS.
Nothing in life is fair with liberals and they mean to rectify that by giving taxpayer-funded reparations to everyone to appease them for votes and to assuage their own guilt.
Now that’s a paradox: using money from current drug slavery in a pretense of paying for past slavery.
Median family income is $102K and yet 18% black. Make that math work...
I worked in Evanston for a few years and occasionally ‘sidestreeted’ to avoid traffic.
Many very nice parts of Evanston and it is not the gardener or the garbageman with all that melanin.
Some well-to-do areas with many black residents.
As goes Evanston, so goes Oak Park.
Or EvanSTONEans being slaves.
Unless theyre long term Democrats
Congratulations you’re Black you get Free Money . Degrading and Insulting
How about a tax on criminal conduct, imposed on the basis of race and the incidence of criminality? Or a welfare recapture tax, also imposed by race?
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Or a tax on having illegitimate kids, imposed on the basis of race. Or a tax to recover the cost of incarceration, also imposed by race? Just to equal the beans counted, we could add a tax on white meth-heads.
Illinois government runs the same businesses as The Mob. Gambling and drugs.
“capped at $10 million”
Just enough for a house for Jesse Jackson Jr.
I forsee tax exemptions with a piece of genetic paper for 23andMe.
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