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Rep Jamaal Bowman shares ‘creative’ ways to distribute $14 TRILLION in reparations to every Black American

January 18, 2024 | | Print Article

Far-left “squad” member Rep. Jamaal Bowman believes every black American is entitled to $333,000 in reparations for slavery.

According to The Journal News, he specifically backs federal legislation that would hand out $14 trillion in reparations to 42 million black Americans, or $333,000 per person.

Moreover, he has “creative” ideas on how to distribute the money.

“Who says the $14 trillion needs to be paid out in one shot?” he asked. “It might be possible for it to be paid out over 5 or 10 or 20 years. You could take that $333,000 and break it up into monthly checks over X amount of time. There are creative ways to do the right thing and do what needs to be done.”

The fact that such a payment would effectively bankrupt America evidently doesn’t concern him. Nor does the fact that there’s not a single black American alive who experienced slavery.

The specific piece of legislation that he backs and has sponsored, H.R. 414, would also bless black people with a bunch of other freebies.

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“The bill calls for policies that would accompany the monetary awards: free college education at the nation’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, funding for the National Publishers Association and National Association of Black Broadcasters, and restoration of voting rights for persons currently or previously incarcerated,” according to The Journal News.

“I think people incarcerated should be able to vote,” Bowman said of the wider bill. “And I definitely think that when they come out, they should automatically be enfranchised.”

Thankfully, not everybody in the Democrat Party backs H.R. 414.

“Supporting the bill are Bowman and former Bedford Supervisor MaryAnn Carr. She is challenging former Rep. Mondaire Jones for the Democratic nomination in the neighboring 17th District, now represented by Rep. Mike Lawler, R-Pearl River,” The Journal News notes.

Opposing in the bill are Jones and Westchester County Executive George Latimer. However, while the two oppose the bill, the do support H.R. 40, which is a lightweight reparations bill that just calls for a reparations commission to study the issue, as well as an official federal apology for slavery.

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“The issue of reparations deserves serious consideration and dialogue, which is why I support HR 40,” Latimer said. “But HR 414 is a one-house bill with no chance of passage, so it is clearly a political statement more than anything else.”

Fair enough.

Jones meanwhile wants more studying to be completed before any moves are made.

“I recognize that the impacts of slavery and subsequent state-sponsored discrimination in the United States are still being felt today, from the vast racial wealth gap to residential segregation and unequal educational opportunities across public schools,” he said. “As Congress looks to level the playing field for all Americans, regardless of race, it is important to study these impacts more closely.”

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As for Lawler, the Republican whom Carr and Jones seek to defeat, he’s staunchly against reparations simply for the fact that it makes zero sense to force modern people to pay for the mistakes of the past.

“Congressman Lawler strongly opposes any law that would force today’s American taxpayers to pay reparations for slavery that ended 160 years ago – and nearly 200 years ago in New York State,” his 2024 campaign spokesperson told The Journal News.

“Aside from the $14-trillion dollar price tag requiring massive tax or debt increases, the congressman believes such a law would only lead to a greater racial divide and resentment at a time when we need to come together as a nation,” the spokesperson added.

A large chunk of the American population also opposes any form of reparations, as they made clear this week to Bowman (*Language warning):

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The crazy thing about all this is that Bowman genuinely believes  reparations could be paid out without raising taxes …

“When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat,” he said. “The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone.”

He apparently forgot about that one thing called inflation …

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