'Squad' lawmaker explains 'creative' way to pay $14 trillion in reparations: ‘Moral and legal obligation’
'The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone,' Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., said
By Joshua Q. Nelson Fox News
Published January 17, 2024 5:00pm EST
A New York lawmaker wants the federal government to push a $14 trillion reparations measure.
The measure is touted by "Squad" member Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., who wants the federal government to be held accountable for slavery and the aftermath of it, according to the Journal News.
Bowman cited the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the "space race" endeavor as examples that would make the measure feasible.
"When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat," said Bowman. "The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone."
"Where did the money come from?" Bowman said. "We spent it into existence."
Bowman is among nine sponsors of H.R. 414, which seeks to establish that the U.S. has "a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States."
The measure, introduced in 2023, would prompt the federal government to spend $14 trillion on a reparations program that would support the descendants of enslaved Black people and people of African descent. Blacks make up 12% of the population in the U.S., according to Census figures.
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