Slavery Reparations and 2020

[Benton]

(04-11-2019, 12:38 PM)Millhouse Wrote: If slavery Reparations ever should get passed, should the U.S. Government sue England and some EU countries to help pay for it? After all they the ones responsible for establishing slavery and the slave trade over here, mainly England concerning the U.S. lands. After all, if Europe back then wasn't as deeply racist as it was, then none of this would even be an issue.

I say yes, the United States should not be the only ones that has to pay for the sins of the past. The old European masters that began all of it should also have to flip the bill.

That said, I am against reparations in general. Just keep working on making it an even playing field for every race.

Given that slavery was a part of most cultures throughout history, the "reparation" issue seems kind of crazy, personally, and for this issue. Where would it stop? How far back do you go? Do we partner up with 23andme to track down some guy who originated in Mesopotamia and now owes the world's population $700 trillion?

And I don't usually like that kind of argument. Like with the statues when people ask "how far do we go, are we going to get rid of Lincoln!?"