Democrat senator BRILLIANTLY explains why he just switched REPUBLICAN

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really. white people are on welfare too. black people also pay taxes. i'm just trying to find my footing here..cause it sounds to me like some folks are under the impression that if a person is black - they can't handle money and are also on welfare while white people definitely know how to budget and also pay all the taxes.

the poster you responded to clearly mentioned AA & other government programs. a blind man in a dark room can see that 'we' meant taxpayers, all of us.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

And lots of white people were totally against slavery. No pun intended, but not everything is so black and white.

And. ...why would we be discussing people who were against it?

We're discussing people who were for it and a government who supported it and made it law

[smilesammich 10,727]

the poster you responded to clearly mentioned AA & other government programs. a blind man in a dark room can see that 'we' meant taxpayers, all of us.

soo, taxpayers pay for government programs - of which a portion of said taxpayers benefit from said government programs (and are also likely to spend discretionary funds on escalades).

doesn't really make any tangible point but okay.

[GandD 5,966]

And. ...why would we be discussing people who were against it?

We're discussing people who were for it and a government who supported it and made it law

Its the same government that went to war to enforce the abolition of it.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

the poster you responded to clearly mentioned AA & other government programs. a blind man in a dark room can see that 'we' meant taxpayers, all of us.

Thanks for clarifying and sorry

[GandD 5,966]

soo, taxpayers pay for government programs - of which a portion of said taxpayers benefit from said government programs (and are also likely to spend discretionary funds on escalades).

doesn't really make any tangible point but okay.

FTR, i wasn't saying I didn't think reparations would not work because Black people would blow it. Its because I think it won't fix anything.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Its the same government that went to war to enforce the abolition of it.

You do realize if you're talking about the civil war there were partially two doesn't governments at that time. We had the divided states not the United states

[JohnR! 5,495]

We know. They're called Yankees and they won the Civil War. The South needs to get over it.

http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres32.html

And lots of white people were totally against slavery. No pun intended, but not everything is so black and white.

Edited November 30, 2015 by JohnR!

[Janelle2002 3,865]

FTR, i wasn't saying I didn't think reparations would not work because Black people would blow it. Its because I think it won't fix anything.

So what will work? Please tell me your ideal. And I am not being sarcastic

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soo, taxpayers pay for government programs - of which a portion of said taxpayers benefit from said government programs (and are also likely to spend discretionary funds on escalades).

doesn't really make any tangible point but okay.

[GandD 5,966]

You do realize if you're talking about the civil war there were partially two doesn't governments at that time. We had the divided states not the United states

The civil war was between the United States an a rogue group of states that tried to succeed from the United States. The United States was nearing the abolition of slavery mostly due to popular opinion in the North. The United States Army defeated the traitors and then the United States government freed the slaves.

[smilesammich 10,727]

FTR, i wasn't saying I didn't think reparations would not work because Black people would blow it. Its because I think it won't fix anything.

i know, and i agree. and this is a prime example of why nothing is done period..we can't even have discussions about reparations when people are responding with a dave chapelle sketch..

[JohnR! 5,495]

The funny thing is that people talk about 'tax payers' and 'government' as though they were two different things.

soo, taxpayers pay for government programs - of which a portion of said taxpayers benefit from said government programs (and are also likely to spend discretionary funds on escalades).

doesn't really make any tangible point but okay.

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i know, and i agree. and this is a prime example of why nothing is done period..we can't even have discussions about reparations when people are responding with a dave chapelle sketch..

reparations?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

who is 'we'..taxpayers or white people?

Tax payers

i know, and i agree. and this is a prime example of why nothing is done period..we can't even have discussions about reparations when people are responding with a dave chapelle sketch..

I though my escalade 300 bit was hilarious