Annapolis, Maryland – Lawmakers in Maryland have reintroduced legislation to create a reparations commission in the state.
The proposal, known as HB0875, would follow the precedent set by California in creating a commission to develop and carry out a reparations program for people who descend from individuals enslaved in the state.
The current legislation is based on a prior version of the bill introduced in 2022, which dictates that in order to receive reparations, individuals must submit an application with documentation proving their lineage.
Opponents of this model argue that a lack of historical records – itself a product of anti-Black racism – may make it difficult for many African Americans to trace their ancestry, potentially excluding people from receiving reparations who would otherwise qualify.
this is just rediculous!!! who alive today was a slave? I’m waiting….
Well technically we all are, to the gov’t via taxes, But I know what you mean! This is just to get votes and take more of your money, because guess what happens when they take that tax payer moneyto give to non slaves? They will need to raise taxes to fix the deficit they created.
But you all love paying taxes and being a salve so why are you jaw jacking now? I mean you won’t do anything about it while you can, so why do you act like it bothers you so much?
They WON’T EVER get ANY of MY $$$$$$$ !!!!!!! Cold Day in Hell
Oh hell NO!6
You have to be kidding me.
OVER My Dead Body !!!!!!!
Marilyn Mosby first in line!
Maxine Waters is FIRST
Whaaaaaat???
TAXPAYERS have supported your family for several generations now with free rent, free doctors, free food, free electricity, free phones (supposedly, so you can find a job…..lol), free education, etc.
What did you do with all that free stuff? Improve your position in life? Send your kids to college? Get a good job with all that student loan money you never intended to pay back??
Hell no.
You sucked up every dollar thrown at you, you acted like having more babies was an actual JOB, and allowed your neighborhoods to become crime-central. Most of the “men” in your culture are thugs, gangsters, convicts, and criminals. Running from multiple child support orders.
You are worse off now than you were 50 years ago. Trillions of dollars were given to you and what do you have to show for it???
Nothing. But reparations will fix all of that?? Your track record ain’t so hot, buddy.
And now, you want MORE money from people who had nothing to do with your pitiful and miserable existence, except to be the spigot from which your seemingly endless flow of money comes from….
If my medical bills and mortgage payments were paid for me by someone else, even for twenty years, I’d have more money than joe biden. And be a lot better educated, too.
Reparations?? I got boxes full of them. You know what I’m sayin’…..????
To be expected after electing a Moore-on!