According to reports, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat from Texas, suggested that paying taxes on dark people as a form of reparation should be done.  ,
Crockett made the remarks on” The Black Lawyers Podcast” next year. On the podcast, Crockett reportedly said that she heard a celebrity say that black Americans should be tax- exempt and she thought,” I do n’t know that that ‘s…necessarily a bad idea”, (via the New York Post ):
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” Black people not having to pay fees for a certain amount of time is one of the things they suggest,” Crockett told host J. Carter.
” But at the same period, it may not be as unpleasant to some people” as “actually giving out bucks”, she continued.
Crockett therefore argued that some form of reparation is required.
” But some black people, you owe us for the work that was stolen, killed, and all the other items, but the reality is that we end up being so far behind.”
She suggests that some black people who do n’t pay taxes are already one of the biggest issues with the proposal at this point.
” If you do the zero- tax point, for people that are now, say, struggling and never paying taxes in the first place—” she says, before Carter suggests they “may want those checks like they got from COVID” rather than a tax break.
” Exactly”, Crockett answers.
Democrat congressman suggests black folks be exempt from paying taxes as type of compensation https ://t.co/GZh0E63G2x photograph. twitter.com/UpcZs48wY4— New York Post ( @nypost ) April 10, 2024
In recent months, another Democratic lawmakers have raised the issue of compensation for African Americans. State Sen. Jill Carter, a Maryland Democrat, proposed increasing taxes to pay for compensation for dark Americans, which Townhall covered. According to the proposal, low-income people and “disproportionately impacted areas” may receive funding for the compensation through an “additional Express individual income tax price on the net capital gains of people.”
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California’s lawmakers on the east coast “righted” the state’s capitol with a reparations package in an effort to “right traditional wrongs” committed against the African-American community. For example, funding group initiatives meant to assist the dark community, and demand a formal apology from the government and state government for slavery.
