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Not A Chance

Sometimes I wonder why politicians come up with laws that have no chance of passing the scrutiny of the courts. Although I am not a lawyer and have not recently slept in a Holiday Inn close to a courthouse, even I can tell you with certainty that there is no way that these suck-up new laws are going to stand up to muster. Not a chance!

What caught my eye today are the some of the proposals in California’s Reparations Report. Now even though everyone is aware that California is  run by a bunch of looney-tunes, this new proposal is off even the usual leftist looney-tune scale.

From the Washington Free Beacon:

“Black Californians could enjoy child support forgiveness, free college, free health care, fewer police, and a long-term “truth and reconciliation commission” should Golden State lawmakers pass the proposals outlined this week by the state’s Reparations Task Force.

Following a 2020 law to study the subject, a panel of left-wing academics and policymakers on 6/1/22 released their findings on how California can remedy the harm against the state’s black residents caused by slavery and discrimination. All black Californians are eligible for the benefits of the program if they can prove they are “descendants of African Americans enslaved in the U.S. or of free Black people living in the country before the end of the 19th century.” A new state agency, called the California African American Freedmen Affairs Agency (CAAFAA) would provide genealogical tests for residents.”

Now do not get me wrong … slavery was bad; slavery was evil, but it was ended by the Civil War which was over 150 years ago.

Keep in mind that this CAAFAA preliminary report is 492 pages long and consequently I will only be able to point out some highlights … err, low-lights.

Still from the Washington Free Beacon:

-Child support forgiveness

The panel recommends that California eliminate overdue child support owed to the government by black parents who no longer have custody of their children. Black Californians would also no longer need to “reimburse the state for current or past government assistance” related to child support.

-Free college education

The task force recommends the state eliminate tuition for all California colleges, as well as offer funding to create black-owned K-12 schools and colleges. Black Californians should also receive scholarships to “cover four years of undergraduate education” at presumably any university in the country, the task force finds.

The task force also recommends that the state “identify and eliminate racial bias and discriminatory practices” in standardized tests, including the SAT, LSAT, and the state Bar exam, with no elaboration on how this would be done.

-Trees in black neighborhoods for ‘shade equity’

In the name of ending so-called environmental racism, the task force recommends the state fund the “planting of trees to create tree shade equity.”

-Less McDonalds, more Whole Foods

The task force wants to “reduce the density” of fast-food restaurants, and promote the opening of “healthy retailers,” such as Whole Foods and farmer’s markets, in majority-black neighborhoods.

-Free health care

Black Californians should be entitled to free health care, the task force finds. All black Californians who suffered from the country’s “anti-Black health care system” should be entitled to financial compensation as well.

To create more black doctors and health care professionals, the task force recommends that the state engage in more affirmative action programs and a “race-conscious public health policy.”

-Cash payments to close ‘racial wealth gap’

On top of all the new forms of welfare and assistance outlined in the task force report, black Californians are entitled to cash reparations intended to shrink “the racial wealth gap.” The exact dollar amount is not specified.

Besides the fact that many of these proposals are outlandish, what is the chance that many of these subsets will ever pass legal scrutiny? … none, not a chance. Everyone in California who is not black will have legal standing, and the lawsuits will be fast and furious right from the git-go.

Obviously, once these new reparations become law, black individuals from across the country will begin moving into California. Perhaps, this is the only way that the legislature in Sacramento can figure out how to correct the U-Haul imbalance and once again get U-Hauls coming into California.

8/8/22

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