We are already paying Reparations to Blacks.....its called "Affirmative Action" and comes out of our taxes!
You forgot the other present form of reparations: 'Quotas'.
And "Official" reparations were already paid following the Civil War. Heck, my ancestors were slaves too - I'm Irish and Scottish - do I get reparations? Who do I sue? Italy? Britain? And they were discriminated against when they came here....gosh darn it, I'm just going to have to sue EVERYBODY who isn't of Irish or Scottish ancestry.
Reparations were paid during the Civil War too. The hundreds of thousands who gave their lives paid most profoundly to rid us of the abomination of slavery and to free the slaves. Now they want to be freed again, claiming they are victims of the legacy of slavery. Families who lost sons, brothers, fathers in the war to free the slaves also suffered greatly, and it took many years to repair the damages of their losses. Sometimes the ones who fight and suffer for our freedoms get a parade, get a medal, but then life goes on and they have to take care of themselves and their families.
Blacks demanding reparations today are living in the most free, most prosperous nation ever on this planet, maybe in the universe for all time. If they can't make it here, they can't make it anywhere, and no amount of reparations will change that.
From one of your Combs' cousins:
GET SOME HUMILITY. THINK ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES YOURSELF. IS THAT WHAT THEY TAUGHT YOU IN THE MILITARY?
Humility is a quality or characteristic ascribed to a person who is considered to be humble. A humble person is generally thought to be unpretentious and modest: someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others.
Apparently you think that someone who opposes paying reparations to Blacks lacks humility, although I don’t see the link between being humble and thinking that others, and myself, should be responsible for themselves. Unlike many Blacks, Muslims, Asians, Mexicans, Cubans, and hoards of others around this world, I have done nothing in my life to enslave another, and virtually all Blacks in America have never been enslaved, and many don’t even have ancestors who were slaves in America.
Someone who blames their circumstances on something that happened over a hundred years ago only has themselves to blame.
What the military taught me – in particular, the Air Force – was to be responsible for myself, and to be reliable. I came from a poor family, and being white was no advantage, since everyone else around me was white. Then I joined the greatest, largest meritocracy the world has ever known, the United States Air Force. So did a lot of people from similar backgrounds, and the ones who worked hard and were reliable did well, and the ones who didn’t failed. Regardless of skin color, family wealth, political connections, or other extraneous circumstances.
I’m humble because I know there are many others who have done as good or better than I have. I would be arrogant to think that others can’t do what I did unless I give them handouts.
I think they’re better than that.
Deborah Broadway
I realize I was derelict in my economic analysis of the reparations due slaves. It seems that in lieu of wages, slaves were provided room and board, and the value of that should be deducted from their claim. Also, the descendents of slaves have done much better economically in America than their forebears who remained in Africa. Their personal freedoms, wealth, longevity, education, and health now far exceed that of their distant African relatives. As several prominent Blacks have noted, the best thing that happened to them was that their ancestors were brought to the United States.
Of course, most descendents of slaves whose forebears were deposited in the Caribbean or South America would not make the same claim. They have shared little or none of the good fortune that hard-working descendents of American slaves now enjoy.
You're just greedy. You believe that you made it on your own. Sorry. You had the US Air Force behind you. You don't know how to share.
Deborah
Was I greedy when I was enlisted, and take-home pay was $40 a month, and I had to pay to transport my wife and son to be with me in Turkey? I did make it on my own. Nothing was given away. The competition was very tough for everything I got in the Air Force.
I did share a lot. Years of my life in service of my country, including serving through the entire Vietnam War period. Working with a lot of great guys and gals to do collectively what was the greatest accomplishment since winning World War II, winning the Cold War.
Because of my high grades and job experience, I could have separted from the Air Force and made a lot of money, but I didn't.
I stayed in the Air Force for over 21 years until retirement. I can't plead sacrifice, because I enjoyed my service. But the Air Force never was propping me up. The Air Force just gave me a chance to work hard and do well.
Not one handout.
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