Evanston, Illinois, finds innovative solution to funding reparations: Marijuana sales taxes

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The city hopes to disburse $10 million for housing and economic improvements.

But while Asheville's resolution promises reparations, it does not say when or how they will be paid for.

Evanston Ald. Robin Rue Simmons, 5th Ward, proposed a reparations fund that Evanston City Council approved at their meeting on Nov. 25, 2019. "We are going to lead with housing," said Simmons, because homeownership is considered a"benefit that would build wealth," putting Black residents on the path toward bridging the"wealth gap."The next round of benefits from the fund will be designed to encourage business development and entrepreneurship.

"If there is going to be some benefit to the community from legalizing marijuana, then it certainly should be targeted to the Black community most damaged by this overpolicing," Simmons said.

 

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It’s simple. I never had slaves. My grandparents immigrated from Italy. They never had slaves. I’m not paying.

City hand out tax revenue $$$ BS reparations..city makes $25k payment for house, not working who pays mortgage, what stops “gifted“ owner turnaround in few months, sell home & bye with $$.!! Reparations with public $$ are ultimate discrimination & racist..unless private funds..!

Inventive. Taxing completely unrelated activity to pay money to individuals, not one of whom was ever a slave.

LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder

Islam's testimony of faith is: «𝐋𝐚 𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡» which means There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah «𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐥 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡» means Mohammed (peace be upon him)is the messenger of Allah Moreover Jesus is just a messenger of God.

BWAAAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA THEY TAXING THEMSELVES....TO PAY THEMSELVES. THAT EQUAL ZERO !! LOL LOL LOL LOL

No wonder this country is going to pot

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