Black People Reparations Have Been Paid in Full

 Black People Reparations Have Been Paid in Full

Today, there is a lot of talk about government paying "reparations" to Black people for slavery and discrimination. Some proposals would reward Black people millions of dollars. Think of that - every or many black people would become millionaires paid for by the rest of us who would mostly remain non-millionaires. The rest of us would automatically become poorer through more taxes, interest and principal paid on debt, and devaluation of what a dollar is worth. The truth is for Black people your reparations have been paid in full for the following reasons:

1. No one alive today was a slave nor are any slave owners alive. Slavery was eliminated at the end of the civil war in 1865 158 years ago.

2. The Supreme Court outlawed segregation in 1954. Anyone alive in 1954 in now 69 years old (newborn babies in 1954) or older or dead.

3. The Civil Rights Act banning employment discrimination was passed in 1964 plus the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. Anyone who was working then (using 18 years old and older) are now 77 years old or older (that is mostly retired) or dead.

4. The average annual cost of a free public school student education in America (13 years - Kindergarten through 12th grade) is $10,000 a year for a total of $130,000. In large cities where Blacks live in large numbers, the average annual cost of a free public school education is $20,000 a year for a total of $260,000 for 13 years. While many Blacks took full advantage of that expensive free education, many other Blacks did not (either dropping out of school or not applying themselves to achieve good grades) and that is the reason why so many did not do well in employment results. That's on them, not the rest of us in America.

5. There are many government subsidies, scholarships, and easy to get student loans for college for Black people who cannot afford college. The rest of us paid for those programs. Those Blacks who did not take advantage of them did so voluntarily. That's on them, not the rest of us.

6. Affirmative Action, designed to help minorities including Blacks succeed in their employment was part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act plus was strengthened further in 1965 and 1969.

7. 50% of single parent households live in poverty compared to 10% of married households with children living in poverty. Easy to understand - two potential workers and two potential babysitters have much more opportunity to earn more money than one potential worker and one babysitter. Today, 3 out of 4 black babies are born to single parent households. Whose fault is that? Answer - Black mothers who have children voluntarily without getting married. This causes the rest of us workers to pay a fortune in government welfare payments to most of these deliberate single parents who for the most part don't work. Also, teenage boys from single parent households without fathers to guide them are much more likely to drop out of school and/or commit criminal acts.

8. The Black crime rate has been around 8 times the national average for decades. Hard to make money when part or all of your adult life is spent in jail. Plus with the loss of job experience due to jail time, it is harder to gain high paying jobs compared to non criminals who have been working hard while those Blacks deservedly were in jail. That's on the criminals, not the rest of us. Plus we law abiding citizens pay an annual fortune to sustain each person in jail.

Conclusion - Black reparations have been paid in full to every Black alive today. It is up to each Black person to take advantage of the huge fortune that has been invested in them by the rest of us.