So how are we going to split it up, I pay taxes, those taxes are
going to be used for this, then they are going to need more taxes.
The government doesn't have money, only tax payers have money. Every
nickle of any program is paid by mostly middle class people, not
corporations (who will only raise their prices to cover it), not
states or the federal government. I do agree with the law suits
though, even if no appreciable money is won, at least it brings past
or current issues into view!
Since this isn't really a AP issue, I guess I should stop!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "sharon_b283" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> The Irish, Italians, Jews and any other ethnic groups pay nothing!
> You owe me nothing! The Federal Government, that allowed any group
of
> people to be held in bondage, including the whites who were
> indentured, is responsible and that's where the argument comes in.
> Whites, that immigrated are NOT responsible. Those fanilies that
> benefitted and are still benefiting from slavery, like Aetna, the
> Browns that started Brown University, every Southern State,
including
> Texas and Oklahoma are responsible. The NY Stock Exchange, Wall St.
> and the State of Massachusetts are responsible. Not you,
individually.
>
> It has been documented in pending law suits, who the companies,
> plantations and state governments that were in collusion, especially
> New York State, Massachusetts and the states in the Southern region
> where slavery was practiced and the Northern states that shipped
> cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco, to Europe are responsible. Even
> England, Spain, Portugal and France are responsible. The European
> countries that participated in the system of slavery, are as well.
> You owe me nothing! You pay nothing! This government owes the
Irish
> its' very existence in helping win the Civil War, as far as I'm
concerned.
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "cwpvt" <cwpvt@> wrote:
> >
> > I agree that blacks have had a bad time of it, and I feel that
> > things are changing, although too slowly, but (always a but!) I
kind
> > of wonder about this Restitution issue. My family has farmed in
up
> > state NY near Lake George (John Brown was a neighbor for awhile)
> > since the late 1740's , (escaping Scotland after most of the
family
> > was slaughtered by the English at Culloden) as far as I know,
they
> > never had slaves nor benefited from slave labor, as a matter of
fact,
> > quite a lot of them fought in the Civil War and a few died (No
life
> > insurance or death benefits back then). My wife is/was an Irish
> > citizen, her parents came over during the depression to escape
> > starvation. What is our share of this Restitution and how long
do we
> > pay it!
> >
>
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