Cali Dems Push Reparations Bill, $5M To Qualifying Black Voters

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Democrats in California are continuing their push for a financially irresponsible reparations bill during a banking crisis. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently met to consider a proposal to give qualifying Black residents $5 million in reparations as a way to atone for slavery.

Who qualifies? That’s a little fuzzy other than they for sure have to be eligible voters.

The proposal, put forward by the city’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee, is just one of many recommendations from its draft reparations plan released in December. Other recommendations range from offering grants to buy and maintain homes to exempting Black businesses from paying taxes.

Despite the controversy surrounding the $5 million lump-sum payment, the Board of Supervisors can vote to adopt all, none or some of the committee’s recommendations and even change them.

However, an estimated 50,000 Black people live in San Francisco, but it’s unclear who among them would be eligible for reparations. Under the committee’s draft reparations plan, a person must be at least 18 years old and identified as “Black/African American” in public documents for at least 10 years. Eligible people must also meet two of eight other criteria, such as living in San Francisco during a certain time period or descending from someone incarcerated for the police war on drugs.

Critics of the plan argue that it is financially irresponsible and does not make sense for people who never owned slaves to give money to people who never were enslaved.

Supporters of reparations, however, counter that Blacks continued to face systemic discrimination even after slavery was abolished.

Furthermore, the committee also recommended a “comprehensive debt forgiveness” program that would clear all personal, educational and credit card debt of low-income Black households.

This reparations plan is yet another example of Democrats pandering to voters with empty promises. With California already facing a massive estimated deficit of $728 million, it is clear that this proposal is financially irresponsible and could put the state in a deeper financial crisis.

It is also worth noting that California never allowed slavery, and the state entered the union in 1850 as a free state. This reparations plan would be nothing more than a political ploy to garner votes.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors should reject this proposal and focus on solving the state’s financial problems. Otherwise, the state could be facing an even deeper financial crisis in the near future.