From Californian Insanity to the Voice Referendum By James Reed
In California, the maddest state of the US, a reparations panel has concluded that racial justice requires every Black citizen be paid $ 1.2 million to address past wrongs, presumably even if the ancestors of Blacks were Black slaver owners themselves. Oh yes, see: L. Koger, Black Slave Owners (2011). This is in a state which never had slavery at all. Anyway, that is the way of woke not reason. And "California has an annual budget of about $237 billion, but economists on the panel said reparations could cost the state more than $800 billion." When the masses of American Blacks move to California, the state will be bankrupt, which is great.
Now, it is early days yet, but if the Voice Referendum is successful, given the California precedent, we can bet that a reparations drive will kick in in Australia too. This needs to be discussed now.
“In a groundbreaking move, a panel in California has recommended a plan to pay reparations to its Black citizens, making it the first state in the United States to do so. The recommendation proposes that each Black citizen be paid $1.2 million as a means of addressing past wrongs.
The announcement has elicited a range of opinions, with some commending the proposal and others raising concerns about its feasibility and fairness. It is worth noting that the plan is still in its early stages and has not yet been approved, but it has the potential to set a precedent for other states to consider similar measures.
According to a report by NBC News, the move follows the establishment of a task force to study the issue of reparations. The task force, which was created last year, is made up of nine members appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom and is charged with developing proposals for how the state can make amends for its role in slavery and discrimination against Black people.
The panel has recommended that California pay $1.2 million in reparations to each Black citizen who can prove that they are descendants of slaves and who have lived in California for at least two years. While some have praised the move as a step in the right direction, others have raised concerns about the cost of the program and the potential for fraud.
Economists on the panel have estimated that the program could cost the state more than $800 billion, a figure that has raised eyebrows among some California residents. Tweeting in response to the news, one user said, "California has an annual budget of around $237 billion, but economists on the panel said reparations could cost the state more than $800 billion."
Others have questioned the fairness of the program, with some wondering how the state will determine who is eligible for the payments. One user tweeted, "What if I have Black slave ancestors but I’m 95% white, I should get reparations too." Another user tweeted, "I’m not mad at this but who voted for this and who qualifies for it?"
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