Every decade or so, the radical left mentions paying reparations to African-Americans for pre-Civil War slavery. The idea is that even though slavery was abolished over 150 years ago, many in the black community are still suffering from its effects.
But now, a new report has come to light that the President is seriously considering forcing all Americans to pay reparations to descendants of slaves.
MRC TV reports:
MRC TV reports:
Fox Business Host Charles Payne predicts that we may see not only an apology from the White House, but also massive sums of money doled out in reparations for slavery.
Payne finds foreshadowing in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s announcement of reparations to people who can prove that they were victimized by former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge, who tortured over 200 suspects through the 70s and 80s to force confessions. A total of $5.5 million will be split between victims, who Payne says were mostly black.But, Payne doesn’t stop there. He foresees that this may carve the path toward an Obama-driven federal reparation package for slavery-reparation payments.“There’s going to be a major push to get cash, and I’m talking LOTS of cash.”
And just what would President Obama’s justification for this massive pay-out be? MRC TV explains:
He cites a special field order from Union General William Tecumseh Sherman in which he confiscated 400,000 acres of land along the Atlantic coast for division into into 40 acre lots to house the tens of thousands of freed slave refugees who had joined his march. Sherman’s intentions are disputed, though many believe it was meant to be only a temporary fix for an immediate problem.According to Payne, that order will be seen as an unfulfilled promise by the federal government, and that it could very well be a driving force behind the push for the reparations. Not only that, but the fact that there have been very similar cases of America laid down a lot of money to right wrongs to large groups of people.
So, people living today would have to give up their money to other people living today for the crimes of slavery that happened hundreds of years ago.
On the surface, some people could make the argument that this is only just and the right thing to do, but is it really? The truth is that 90% of those living in the south prior to the Civil War never owned slaves. Why should any of their descendants be forced to pay for something their ancestors didn’t do?
And, what about the thousands of Union soldiers who died to end slavery in the Civil War? Shouldn’t their descendants be compensated by wealthy blacks today that owe their success in part to slavery’s end? Perhaps every African-American millionaire athlete and entertainer should give a portion of their income to pay the families who lost loved ones in some of the bloodiest battles in all of American history.