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Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2019, 07:27 PM

Feb 2019

https://www.marianne2020.com/issues/racial-reconciliation-and-healing

I think her plan is reasonable. The details are not complete but it gives a dollar range and a plan for who would be implementing it and for what.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders Asks the Right Question on Reparations: What Does It Mean? [View all] Uncle Joe Feb 2019 OP

"When pressed, Sanders refuses to say that he supports reparations" LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #1

That's a sensible position given the vagueness of the notion. Mr. Smith Feb 2019 #2

Of course Bernie is right on this issue... shows why he's a smart, genuine & serious candidate!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #30

The word "reparations" can generate a push button response. David__77 Feb 2019 #3

Reparations talk from any candidate is a non-starter for me metroins Feb 2019 #4

Asking questions is good forklift Feb 2019 #5

Very unusual for BS to suddenly turn "practical." CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #6

Great observation, so we can afford college and healthcare but not reparations? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #8

Bernie didn't say we can't afford reparations. Autumn Feb 2019 #9

pesky facts Go Vols Feb 2019 #10

It's so inconvenient when Bernie doesn't say what people want him to say. Autumn Feb 2019 #11

This came up in 2016 and he said there wasn't enough support for them to make them a priority Empowerer Feb 2019 #22

Of course. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #23

I wonder what the difference is, or what motivates such practicality. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #19

I'm glad he asked that question,he's too smart to fall for gotcha crap. I'm very much against Autumn Feb 2019 #7

In a perfect world Native Americans would get reparations too. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #12

Agreed n/t ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #14

We screwed the African Americans and the Native Americans. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #15

Not to mention the Trail of Tears ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #16

Actually, the Native Americans of the "five civilized tribes" had African slaves LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #24

A lot of escaped slaves lived among the American Indians as free men and women. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #25

Very true. My point was that Native American issues are extraordinarily complex, and LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #27

History is a complicated thing. LisaM Feb 2019 #26

And conquest. Quite true. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #28

Reparations isn't a winning issue ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #13

what, is he asking the fucking air? bigtree Feb 2019 #17

Sounds like a Bernie Version of "What is Aleppo?" TomCADem Feb 2019 #18

He is a career politician who should have deeper thoughts than this. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #20

K&R.. disillusioned73 Feb 2019 #21

It would have been thought provoking if.... spicysista Feb 2019 #29

One has MyNameGoesHere Feb 2019 #31

I've been meaning to read up on her more.. disillusioned73 Feb 2019 #32