Illinois city to start paying reperations

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/02/evanston-illinois-reparations-plan-african-americans-is-marijuana-tax/%3foutputType=amp

 

US city to pay reparations to African-American community with tax on marijuana sales

The TelegraphDecember 3, 2019, 8:53 AM CST

A city in Illinois has announced it will create a reparations fund for its African American community through a new tax on marijuana sales.

Recreational use of the drug will become legal in the state from January and officials in Evanston, which is 12 miles north of Chicago, have voted to approve a 3 per cent tax on the sales to fund a local reparations programme.

The tax is expected to generate between $500,000 and $750,000 annually for the reparations fund, which will be capped at $10 million over the next ten years.    

Alderman Robin Rue Simmons said it was a

The city's lawmakers will meet next week to determine exactly how the fund will be distributed, but one idea being proposed is for the money to go towards things like skills training or financial assistance for down payments on a home in the area.

The fund will be available to all of the city's black residents, rather than merely those who can prove they had an ancestor who was enslaved, as long as they can meet certain residency criteria.  

The move comes amid a renewed national debate over whether the federal government should pay reparations to the descendants of former slaves.

Congress heard arguments on a reparations commission this summer Credit: Reuters

This summer the House of Representatives held a hearing on a bill which would establish a commission to study how a restitution programme would work, and several Democratic presidential candidates have indicated their support for the idea.

However polling suggests the majority of the American public opposes monetary reparations, while President Donald Trump and other senior Republicans have publicly criticised the idea. 

Robin Simmons, the alderman who proposed the reparations bill, said the hope was to “implement funding to directly invest in black Evanston”.

Ms Simmons said the source of the reparations fund was fitting, given the federal government's "war on drugs" campaign disproportionately affected African Americans for several decades.

African Americans accounted for 71 per cent of all those arrested for marijuana possession in Evanston during the past three years - a trend which mirrors the national picture.

Ms Simmons added that the reparations plan would also help African Americans who have been priced out of the city by high property taxes and racially biased lending practices.

US census figures show Evanston's black population fell from around 22.5 per cent in 2000 to under 17 per cent in 2017. 

“This [reparations fund] is something radical to preserve the black population and let the black community know that we see the flight,” Ms Simmons told theWashington Post

However, not all of the city's lawmakers support the measure. Alderman Thomas Suffredin voted against the proposal, arguing more detail was needed on how the funding will be dispensed.

“In a town full of financial needs and obligations, I believe it is bad policy to dedicate tax revenue from a particular source, in unknown annual amounts, to a purpose that has yet to be determined,” he said in a message to his constituents.  

Ms Simmons said she wants the reparations to be distributed as direct payments to black residents, rather than “another diversity policy”.

City officials and national reparations advocates will decide on the details of the programme at a town hall meeting on December 11.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Focking ridiculous. I'd move, and buy my weed elsewhere. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 2,494]

13 minutes ago, titans&bucs&bearsohmy! said:

Focking ridiculous. I'd move, and buy my weed elsewhere. 

Where does it stop now?  Every shiotwad that was aggrieved in some form or the other now is going to want some type of reparations.  Not to mention you don't even have to prove you were involved in slavery to get it.  Yeah, that's not going to have a lot of fraud.  

 

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

3 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Where does it stop now?  Every shiotwad that was aggrieved in some form or the other now is going to want some type of reparations.  Not to mention you don't even have to prove you were involved in slavery to get it.  Yeah, that's not going to have a lot of fraud.  

 

They're just guaranteeing the decay of their city. They'll use this money to help ghetto types move in. They'll trash the place, but spend a lot of money down at the dispensary on weed, thus keeping the racket going for a while.

Meanwhile, those who actually work and pay taxes other than weed taxes will see the costs of all social services (school, police, etc.) go up, while the quality goes to sh!t. Eventually, the place will be a blighted hell hole.

So yeah. Have fun with that. 

[Utilit99 4,099]

Evanston? You gotta be fvcking kidding me

 

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

1 minute ago, Utilit99 said:

Evanston? You gotta be fvcking kidding me

 

How do you know about Evanston beside the story? 

[Hardcore troubadour 12,591]

This should work out great. 

[Gladiators 1,903]

Does Obama have a home there?

[Utilit99 4,099]

13 minutes ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

How do you know about Evanston beside the story? 

Been there done that. Northwestern etc.

 Willmette, Lake Forest.  Dated a mexican chick from Lake Bluff. The one that got away. She was awesome.

[Fireballer 2,369]

This place will be bankrupt in 3 years.

[Utilit99 4,099]

1 minute ago, Fireballer said:

This place will be bankrupt in 3 years.

They need severe interaction. But not even Trump of all guys will mess with Illinois.

[Hardcore troubadour 12,591]

7 minutes ago, Utilit99 said:

Been there done that. Northwestern etc.

 Willmette, Lake Forest.  Dated a mexican chick from Lake Bluff. The one that got away. She was awesome.

Bears fans are funny. 

[Utilit99 4,099]

12 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Bears fans are funny. 

Ok?

[Hardcore troubadour 12,591]

13 minutes ago, Utilit99 said:

Ok?

I'm just saying. You Bears fans are funny, in a good way. Daaaa Bears! 

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

33 minutes ago, Fireballer said:

This place will be bankrupt in 3 years.

Well it is a college town I guess. Those rich kids probably buy lots of weed. 

[Vikings4ever 496]

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The fund will be available to all of the city's black residents, rather than merely those who can prove they had an ancestor who was enslaved, as long as they can meet certain residency criteria.  

So... the money will be distributed to residents based on the color of their skin? Oh, they are SO going to get their asses sued under the 14th amendment.

[DonS 3,063]

1 hour ago, Vikings4ever said:

So... the money will be distributed to residents based on the color of their skin? Oh, they are SO going to get their asses sued under the 14th amendment.

Yeah, they don't even care if you actually have an ancestor that was actually a slave in the US. Any black dude that moved to the country in the last few years qualifies?  Also, how are they going to determine who's "black"?  Will light skinned mixed marriage offspring make the cut? 

[JustinCharge 2,397]

Institutionalize white guilt now!  (but only when it means we can profit from it at the polls).

[JustinCharge 2,397]

3 hours ago, titans&bucs&bearsohmy! said:

They're just guaranteeing the decay of their city. They'll use this money to help ghetto types move in. They'll trash the place, but spend a lot of money down at the dispensary on weed, thus keeping the racket going for a while.

Meanwhile, those who actually work and pay taxes other than weed taxes will see the costs of all social services (school, police, etc.) go up, while the quality goes to sh!t. Eventually, the place will be a blighted hell hole.

So yeah. Have fun with that. 

That the entire POINT of the Tammany Hall scheme the democrats run.  Prey on the poor and uneducated to enrich yourself. If anyone stands in your way, hit them with guilt.  If they are still in your way, call them racist.

[Alias Detective 1,179]

5 hours ago, DonS said:

Yeah, they don't even care if you actually have an ancestor that was actually a slave in the US. Any black dude that moved to the country in the last few years qualifies?  Also, how are they going to determine who's "black"?  Will light skinned mixed marriage offspring make the cut? 

I’ve been told it’s how one feels not looks which is important.  If someone feels black do they qualify?  Inquiring minds wish to know.

[Alias Detective 1,179]

7 hours ago, Fireballer said:

This place will be bankrupt in 3 years.

The reparations recipients (blacks) will be bankrupt in 3 days.  
 

How many will actually use the reparations wisely? 

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

8 minutes ago, Alias Detective said:

The reparations recipients (blacks) will be bankrupt in 3 days.  
 

How many will actually use the reparations wisely? 

From the article, it isn't going to be cash, it will be stuff like mortgage assistance.

So some slumlord will make a fortune flipping houses to people with no skin in the game and pick it back up on foreclosure in a year or two. 

[nzoner 936]

47 minutes ago, Alias Detective said:

How many will actually use the reparations wisely? 

Well of course you buy more weed with it ensuring more reparations,like one of those cash back cards.

[Cloaca du jour 2,064]

Hahahahaha

Thats all I got

[TimmySmith 2,782]

They are about to be overrun by the ignorant. If you own a home there, now would be the time to sell.

[supermike80 1,285]

9 hours ago, Utilit99 said:

Evanston? You gotta be fvcking kidding me

 

My home town.  Soooooo sad

[NorthernVike 2,080]

They are going to tax blacks that buy pot to give money back to blacks.   

[sderk 1,040]

7 hours ago, DonS said:

Yeah, they don't even care if you actually have an ancestor that was actually a slave in the US. Any black dude that moved to the country in the last few years qualifies?  Also, how are they going to determine who's "black"?  Will light skinned mixed marriage offspring make the cut? 

I'm going to move there and identify as black.

[avoiding injuries 1,220]

1 hour ago, TimmySmith said:

They are about to be overrun by the ignorant. If you own a home there, now would be the time to sell.

Last year was the time to sell. At least. 

[Baker Boy 1,479]

Any black person whether they were a descendants of slaves or not will be receiving money from:

descendants of people who didn’t live here at the time of slavery

descendants whose ancestors fought and gave life and limbs to end slavery

the government that freed their ancestors from slavery

 

The money proposed will be eaten up by corruption and very little will get to the people.

 

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

The entire world has been involved in slavery at some point. How about the some of the freed slaves leaving the US, going to Africa, and enslaving the population over there. Or blacks from Africa helping to capture slaves? Why not pay every citizen in the damn world some form of reperation

[posty 2,296]

11 hours ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/02/evanston-illinois-reparations-plan-african-americans-is-marijuana-tax/%3foutputType=amp

Alderman Robin Rue Simmons said it was a

"It was a" what?

[kilroy69 993]

This is without question illegal

[TimmySmith 2,782]

48 minutes ago, Baker Boy said:

The money proposed will be eaten up by corruption and very little will get to the people.

If it even gets that far.  They are already spending tax money that doesn't exist, from the sale of a product that remains federally illegal.  Not the time to be above the radar.

[Cloaca du jour 2,064]

I hope its like a class action lawsuit...give em a check for 6.18 and send em on their way.  Enough for a pack of newports.

[supermike80 1,285]

39 minutes ago, kilroy69 said:

This is without question illegal

I gotta think this will get challenged in court?

[DonS 3,063]

3 hours ago, titans&bucs&bearsohmy! said:

From the article, it isn't going to be cash, it will be stuff like mortgage assistance.

So some slumlord will make a fortune flipping houses to people with no skin in the game and pick it back up on foreclosure in a year or two. 

That's what it sounds like, but also in the article was someone saying they wanted it to be in the form of direct payments to blacks so that it wouldn't just be another assistance program or something.

Edit:  here it is:

Simmons said she wants reparations to take the form of direct payments to black residents, rather than “another diversity policy” that might fund a program or pay a third-party organization to carry out a service.

[Utilit99 4,099]

1 hour ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

The entire world has been involved in slavery at some point. How about the some of the freed slaves leaving the US, going to Africa, and enslaving the population over there. Or blacks from Africa helping to capture slaves? Why not pay every citizen in the damn world some form of reperation

Nuban slaves were used by Ramsses the Great. Just saying.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Wouldn't it help the population more if they just gave away the weed?

[DonS 3,063]

You'd think if they really wanted to help the community they'd use that tax money for schools. 

Oops. Is my white privilege showing?