Protests erupt at California State Capitol
after pair of reparations bills shelved
Fox News,
by
Bradford Betz
Original Article
Posted By: 4250Luis,
9/2/2024 11:31:01 AM
A pair of reparations-related bills for the descendants of enslaved Black Americans failed to pass in the California legislature on Saturday after backers said the bills would not move forward.
Authored by Democrat state Sen. Steven Bradford of Inglewood, Senate Bill 1331 would have created a new state fund for reparations, while Senate Bill 1403 would have established a state agency to oversee these efforts and determine who would be eligible.
These measures were considered key components of some lawmakers’ ambitious efforts to pass legislation aimed at atoning for what they said was a legacy of racist policies that drove disparities for Black people, from housing to education to health.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
jalo1951 9/2/2024 11:55:43 AM (No. 1789010)
Find me a slave and I shall set him free. Find me a slave owner and I shall arrest him. That's it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Mcscow sailor 9/2/2024 12:07:39 PM (No. 1789021)
We have all been both harmed and helped by slavery and sequent abuses. It is part of our history. Unconstitutional and illegal means have been deployed to help 3 impacted generations recover, but as with all “free goods”, they were never free, and certainly never enough in the mins of their beneficiaries It’s not time for even more. it is time to pare back
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
padiva 9/2/2024 12:15:12 PM (No. 1789029)
Sorry, folks. The illegals are the new preferred people. Step aside NOW.
48 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Kate318 9/2/2024 12:17:13 PM (No. 1789033)
Who didn’t see that coming?
24 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
bgarrett 9/2/2024 12:18:10 PM (No. 1789034)
Shouldnt the blacks be paying reparations to the soldiers of the civil war who died to "free the slaves"?
51 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
chance_232 9/2/2024 12:32:08 PM (No. 1789041)
This isn't about reparations, it's about free money and vote buying. As for the free money, it will never be enough. If you give them all a million dollars today, they will be back tomorrow demanding more, and on and on.
45 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
paral04 9/2/2024 12:53:12 PM (No. 1789061)
White people have been atoning since the Roosevelt Administration. None of the Blacks in this country have been slaves and it goes back at least 4 generations. And, they never had slaves in California. This is a scheme to buy votes. Nothing more.
40 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
cor-vet 9/2/2024 12:58:12 PM (No. 1789065)
I am so sick of these gimme, gimme, gimmee's and their constant whining and protesting for more free ( to them) stuff at the expense of everyone else. They have a whole month to laud the accomplishments of their race, and they are all victims. If they spent as much time and energy working, looking for work or learning job skills as they do complaining and blaming 'whitey' for their problems, they wouldn't have those problems. I worked for everything I have, and if they want to be my equal, they can quit breeding illegitimate children and work for what they want. They have AA, DEI and numerous government programs to put them at the head of the line, but that's not enough. It never will be for these ungrateful victims!
End of rant!
46 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 9/2/2024 1:21:26 PM (No. 1789083)
Gimme dat
18 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 9/2/2024 1:42:04 PM (No. 1789096)
Hah! An idea too stupid even for Crazyfornia!
Take money from people who never owned a slave and give it to people who never were slaves.
Total insanity, no legal basis.
This was over 160 years ago, stop with the scam.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 9/2/2024 1:44:05 PM (No. 1789099)
Everybody with me on three.....
We Want More Handouts!
We Want More Handouts!
No free stuff - we break stuff!
No free stuff - we break stuff!
You owned us you owe us!
You owned us you owe us!
11 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
downnout 9/2/2024 2:41:22 PM (No. 1789133)
California has an enormous budget deficit. Where does Gov. Brylcreem think the $$$ for reparations is going to come from?
15 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 9/2/2024 4:12:47 PM (No. 1789150)
Agree with #12. Deficit over 50 billion. No way to make it up. Oh, wait, if Kamala wins, the US taxpayer will bail them out. Never mind that the US is also bankrupt/
16 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
czechlist 9/2/2024 4:42:23 PM (No. 1789155)
I have worked with several b lack immigrants who hate what they call greedy "African Americans"
"they don't know how good they have it and could not survive in Africa"
20 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
janjan 9/2/2024 5:18:12 PM (No. 1789168)
Many Blacks were somehow fooled into believing that California, a state headed for bankruptcy, was going to discover $800 billion laying around somewhere that could be handed over to them. Unbelievable.
16 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
mifla 9/3/2024 3:55:04 AM (No. 1789397)
Reparations is the black version of Lucy telling Charlie Brown to kick the football.
They never learn.
11 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
The Remnants 9/3/2024 6:33:29 AM (No. 1789440)
There were never slaves in California.
I read someplace that the culture now is worse than the time of Noah! Everywhere corruption. No truth! Only this time it will not be by floods.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Venturer 9/3/2024 6:51:24 AM (No. 1789449)
If you gave blacks everything they ask for wi9thing a year they would be asking for more.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
skacmar 9/3/2024 7:20:49 AM (No. 1789467)
An all black commission packed with activists "studies" reparations for a state that never had any slaves are slavery. They make grandiose recommendations of billions of dollars then (doing what activists do) get upset when the state is unable to meet their unrealistic demands. These people live in a fantasy world and need to get the chip off their shoulders.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/3/2024 7:33:36 AM (No. 1789482)
California ran out of OPM and the also drove out many of those productive citizens if, had they stayed, would have been taxed to death to pay for this newest welfare program. The Cali parasites can legally conduct as many smash 'n grabs as they please and also steal just under $1000 a day from any store that is still open. I would say that the reparations have already been paid. They think they are oppressed now, wait until ALL of the stores have closed.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Kafka2 9/3/2024 9:53:49 AM (No. 1789572)
Give me, give me, give me, give me,
Money, money, money, money, money, money.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Zigrid 9/3/2024 10:44:11 AM (No. 1789618)
I am a LEGAL immigrant...I came to America long ago...and had NOTHING to do with slavery....I did...however...based on my Viking ancestors...rob and burn French libraries...so the best you can demand from me is to offer compensation to France ...this reparation is just silly...and meant to garner votes for democrats running in California....it is not serious...nor has it ever been...sorry McCrone....
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 9/3/2024 11:37:33 AM (No. 1789643)
Good old racial rope-a-dope. Works every time.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
NotaBene 9/3/2024 12:58:15 PM (No. 1789687)
DEI went to their heads.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
hershey 9/3/2024 1:47:30 PM (No. 1789701)
Wow, ya mean the Kalifornia commie commitie finally found some of those Mehican cohones????
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Dr. Constant 9/3/2024 8:33:53 PM (No. 1789855)
I don't think these idiots know what the word "Reparations" means. If Reparations are paid then all the special benefits, minority set-asides, and affirmative action type things go away. All grievances will be extirpated
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Hard Nard 9/3/2024 10:43:50 PM (No. 1789907)
My grandparents came from Italy. Most of their family was wiped out by the Nazis during WWII. Never heard anything of them to this day.
Where's my check? Who owes me a check?
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