Chicago suburb to be first in US to pay reparations to black residents UPDATED

[rayg]

I can't believe this....What's next?

Chicago suburb to be first in US to pay reparations to black residents who will be offered $25,000 towards home ownership so long as they or their relatives lived there between 1919 and 1969 - and they'll use tax on legal marijuana to pay for it

Chicago suburb Evanston could become first to offer black residents reparations
The City Council committed to utilize tax revenue collected from sales of recreational cannabis to support reparations with pledge of $10M over 10 years

Evanston officials are expected to vote on March 22 about whether the first $400,000 will be dedicated to addressing housing needs

Under this portion of the program, residents would get $25,000 to use toward homeownership, home improvement and mortgage assistance

In order to qualify, residents must have lived in Evanston between 1919 to 1969
Residents can also qualify if they are direct descendant of a black person who lived in Evanston between 1919 to 1969 and suffered discrimination in housing

Some feel reparations will only go so far and systemic racism in policy needs to be addressed

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ck-people.html

[JB White]

I know a few who live in Evanston and they are living better than I am.
Typical liberal "groundbreaking policy" solely for the sake of saying "We did it first!"
Its old news and overall reception has been less than lukewarm. Even the media walked away from it a few days after the town signed it for passage.

The only thing accomplished was the entitlement minded handout whores asking "Where's mine? I want it now!" Crack heads....

[lyman]

so the town is going to pay funds (via housing grants type stuff) to those that it tried to prohibit from living in town, and only between a certain time frame, that ended 50+ yrs ago?


sounds like someone want to feel good and do good but not really do much

[JB White]

Something like that. They're going to use dope monies to cover it initially.
Things are bad here. More racism and hatred than I have ever seen. Following up on the Evanston plan, and an attempt at oneupmanship, the county launched its "Black and Brown Homes Matter" plan. Reimbursement of Cook County property taxes going back years.
The list goes on forever. Jobs, money, covid shots. All geared towards....
Illinois. The Land of Social Benefits. NO WHITES NEED APPLY.

They've succeeded at self segregation. Now they're really pissing people off. That includes half the Spanish speaking community along with Asians, American Indians....even the Irish!!!

[Mark in Ottawa]

They may have a financial surprise. When Canada legalized recreational marijuana there was a presumption that the companies selling it would make billions of dollars in profits and the provinces and federal government would rake in vast amounts of new tax revenue. It never happened. The legal growers have been in financial trouble almost from the start and the supposedly huge pent-up demand didn't materialize. The only people who made money were investors who purchased shares in the grow-op companies a year to two before the legalization date and then sold the shares at their peak just after the legalization date.

[S.A. Boggs]

DIYMJ!
Sam

[Art]

It's nickel and dime reparations. In reality not that many people are going to qualify for this and, as JB White said this is going to antagonize everybody who isn't black, even though the number of people who qualify for this "Jim Crow" mortgage assistance will be pretty small.

A similar example is the black farmers provision in the current corona virus relief bill. It forgives the debts of black farmers, and black farmers only, at 120%. If you're a white, Latino or any other group in this country who farms, you can pound sand.

Get ready for more of this stuff.

An unintended consequence of this sort of legislation is its "stimulus' not to the economy but to racism.

[JB White]

It's nickel and dime reparations. In reality not that many people are going to qualify for this and, as JB White said this is going to antagonize everybody who isn't black, .....

Get ready for more of this stuff.

An unintended consequence of this sort of legislation is its "stimulus' not to the economy but to racism.

Create dissention among the people. Instigate trivial class wars.
Divide the masses with social issues so they can't focus on the real issues at hand.

Paraphrasing one of the guidelines in the commie manifesto as I recall it.

[rayg]

Chicago suburb approves first reparations program for black residents

They did approve it, America's first reparations program for black residents

Chicago suburb of Evanston approves America's first reparations program for black residents whose descendants lived in city between 1919 and 1969 and experienced housing discrimination: $10m will be paid out using marijuana taxes

Evanston, Illinois, on Monday night approved reparations for its black residents

The city established its reparations program - the first of its kind - in 2019
The city committed $10million over a decade to the reparation effort
It will be funded by a three percent tax on recreational marijuana sales

The city council approved the program with $400,000 focused on housing
The first phase will provide $25,000 to up to 16 eligible black residents

The cash must be used for home repairs, down payments or mortgage payments
Black residents are eligible if they or their ancestors lived in the city 1919-69

They are also eligible if they can show they suffered housing discrimination
The recipients will be randomly selected if there are more than 16 applicants

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...residents.html

[lyman]

ray, ,

Ima gonna merge the one you started today, since it is the same at this one you started last week

[rayg]

I believe the first one was a proposal and the 2nd one was that it was appoved...

[barretcreek]

Friend suggested setting up a 'Go Fund Me' page and see how well that works.

[Vern Humphrey]

I send Evanston an email:

I understand you are paying reparations for the Civil War. My Great-Grandfather, William Wylie Humphrey, served in the 148th Illinois Infantry. How do I apply for my reparations?

[Major Tom]

By paying my taxes I figured I supported welfare humanoids for decades and that is all the reparations they should get!