The Impact of "The American Reparation Plan'

I believe that  a disproportionate amount of   America’s great wealth is directly related to slave labor and cheap labor provided by Black Americans over the years.  In other words, our ancestors worked their fingers to the bone so  that White Americans  and others will have the opportunity to live in this great land and prosper while  African Americans are expected to work significantly harder than any other race of people and come out with short end of the stick.  I am tired of this being played out constantly.

It’s time for a change.

The sad story is that many  African Americans believe that they are in a hopeless situation. Let’s talk about truth now. I believe that many Americans are satisfied with fact that Black people are assigned to an  unequal status.  That is totally wrong. Sometimes we are guilty of not demanding equal treatment for ourselves and we shouldn’t accept this expected position in society.

Where is the outrage?

 Are  we so complacent with phrases like “when the larger community catch a cold the Black community gets pneumonia.”  It’s a true statement but I am tired of hearing it .  There is no way in the world that this    statement should be true  but it is. Have you forgotten about the plight of Black America?

After all this is the United States Of America,” One Nation Under God, Indivisible, with liberty and Justice For All.” Have we forgotten that?  Or do we remember it only when we need all the races to fight a war?

. My White Brothers you are tire of hearing this too aren’t you? I hope so. Because We can do something about this.  It takes commitment. It takes a long term commitment. Right now America is not fully committed.

So much of these problems can be solved by money. It costs America Billions of dollars every year to keep Black America “ in it’s place.” Why not use that same money to lift us up?  Solve some of the financial woes of the Black community is relatively simple and less expensive than what’s in place now.

It’s cheaper to set Black America free than to hold on to some kind of economic bondage.  This the 21^st century and  All have to change our mindsets .

Some segments of the Black community are in dire straits financially. This is not mentioned much in the media by the way. It’s taboo.  It seems that the focus of the media is on maladies of the African American community with no attention on how we got here.

We did not  get in this shape on our own. We have had lots of help. That’s obvious.

We have had many many years of oppression and neglect. Let’s not fool ourselves by thinking they there is a silver bullet to erase the past.

 I know we can’t live in the past but we can forget it either.

We need a long term  commitment and support from our Federal & Local  Governments.

 There is no magic bullet. I want America to make progress on closing the income  gap between Blacks and Whites in America as soon as possible. I  don’t want future generations facing   some of these unsolved economic problems in  the 22^nd  century.   We should focus on solving these problems now. Close these unfair income  gaps.  There shouldn’t be a disparity among the races. After all this is the land of opportunity for all.

No way we should be discussing inequities of any sort between the races of people even in the 21^st century. We squander huge opportunities for our nation when we do this. Let’s raise expectations of all America by valuing all her citizens.

 After all we are all part of one human family. Whoever tell you anything different is not  operating with all the facts. Please forgive them.

  I don’t want  a greater opportunity than all the rest. I want an equal opportunity under the law. I want an equal opportunity to achieve  my financial goals.  This country should dedicate herself to making this a reality for all her citizens and not for select groups .  Everybody should be committed to this ideal in my opinion because it makes it better for everybody in America and perhaps the world. It  seems to  me the US should have this as a priority too.    It makes sense to me. 

   All America have benefited from the   extremely hard work Black American  ancestors  have provided  to this American system. They  worked generation after generation with one goal in mind. That goal was to make it better for future generations.. They have succeeded beyond belief and I am so grateful. They were forced to work for free believing that one day their offspring’s will enjoy the fruits of their labor.

It’s a  beautiful thing to know even in their deaths my ancestors are still contributing to the wealth and well being of their beloved country. That’s deep. They are connected to this country in a big way even today.

But now is our time and responsibility to finish the race.

This effort requires all of us to do our very best to make this a reality. Let’s get started. It’s already late.

The greatest  nation in the history of the world owes much of her greatness to a voiceless people.  History is the witness.  

It’s time  for America to “come out of the closet” and acknowledge that  just honoring African Americans for past contributions is not enough.  We need to be paid  damages so we can take control of our own destinies and level the playing field as much as possible.

Don’t you agree that  this present system is skewed and  flawed?

This country owe  us this much. I also stated earlier that no amount of money can justify what happen in the past but I can assure you that many problems  can be solve by money.

 That’s  why I am proposing The American ReparationPlan. This plan will last at least 30 years. Each Adult African American  will receive $2500-$3000/ month over 30 years.

No new taxes  will be propose to pay for this plan. Now that’s a Miracle.

The American Reparation Plan will Cut  the entireWelfare and Food Stamp Programs as Much as 30%!

Do I have your attention yet?

Read on.

 Listen to me.

This plan will work.  I am so sure of this. It just makes common sense.

I  am so excited that day by day I  am inspired by another unintended benefit of this stimulus plan.

This is exciting g stuff to me! It’s inspired .

It is also an economic plan that will stimulate the economy from the bottom up. I coined this new phrase . It’s “trickle up” economics .  Everybody will benefit from this plan .  Now that’s just plain cool.

Today is the right day  for  us to enjoy the fruits of our ancestor’s  labor. Historically African Americans disproportionately contributed to the wealth and greatness of this nation. Today we are doing the same thing. It’s time for us to reap the fruits of the promise land too. No way in the world is it fair  for our unemployment rate  to be so high. This is no accident.

Let’s face  it. 

We will  not catch up financially at this rate of  economic growth.  

Can we talk? This system is not designed for us to catch up. There is no governmental commitment to do so.

The American Reparation Plan is our inheritance. Let’s go get it. Let’s petition our Government for our inheritance.

 We’ve got money in the bank.

Again,I am so tired of hearing the phrase” when the larger community catch a cold the Black community has pneumonia.” True statement but it is something that US should be ashamed of. We as American cannot become hopelessly complacent.

Let’s think outside the box!

 Many of the problems in the Black community can be solved.

The Black Community can’t solve all their problem by themselves nor should they be expected. Our problems are America’s problems. We do not live on an island. We do not operate in isolation. Never have operated in isolation and probably never will. 

 That’s the radical truth.

 The right kind of financial plan  will solve many  problems in the Black community.

 A plan like “The American Reparation Plan” has never been tried. I am not skeptical at all. I am sure it will work better than what we have now. The present plan is broken.

 Black America’s ancestors  supplied countless man hours of free and cheap labor? America prospered greatly because of this. In other words, No way  for America  to be so great without  all the great contribution of  Black America. We all can agree. Can’t we?

I go a step future and say that we help paved the roads for all American.  European immigrants are probably the greatest benefactors. Our ancestor’s investment of free and cheap labor  allowed  many immigrants to prosper and adjust to the American way .

 We are  truly a nation of immigrants. All have benefited from this free and cheap labor except the Black man himself. It’s time that he benefited  as well.  It’s the right thing to do . So let us do it.

   Can you imagine any  business owner  today  with free labor?  That  will give them an  unbelievable  unfair advantage  over  their competitors?  Labor cost   makes up most of the expense of doing business in America. Business owners know this.  The work place is always evolving, If you are a business owner wouldn’t it  be nice if you had no labor cost or  very low labor cost all the time? This is what happened for many years to the African American community. We have made sacrificial contributions to this beloved land. Why shouldn’t we be rewarded appropriately now?  I don’t think  being paid for our work is not asking too much. It’s only fair and just

There is no greater time in history to bring reparations to pass than now. I believe this so passionately.  The time is right.

 This is  the greatest opportunity in history to do this. So let’s not  drag our feet anymore. Let’s do it now!

In recent years there have been several attempts to  rescue and stimulate this American economy. Some credit President Obama and his allies for stabilizing the banks and wall street, the rescue of Auto makers in Detroit(GM stands for Government Motors some critics say).  In other words, under President Obama’s leadership, this country’s was brought back from the economic abyss. I agree with this assessment. 

But the recent attempts to stimulate the economic did not “trickle down to huge segments of the Black community.

The struggle is  still great for many African Americans . Paying Black American  for past and present injustices  is quite appropriate at this time.

You may ask what is reparation.? Reparation means the act of making amends or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury;

Reparations for slavery is the idea that some form of compensatory payment should be made to the descendants of those who have been enslaved by the Atlantic Slave Trade.

 The reason I named  this plan, “The American Reparation Plan”  is because it is appropriate. All of America will benefit. Why not call it that?

The American  Reparation Plan  will work as a stimulus for all Americans no matter their socio economic level because it stimulates the economy from the bottom to the top. No segment of society will be left out. The sweet thing about this plan is that it will not increase tax $1.  The plan will redirect  the roughly $65 billion from the welfare and food stamp programs and send it to all  qualified adult African American in the US.  This will cover about 90% of the Black population.

  I will name a few industries to make my point. Banks will benefit, all areas of automotive industry, furniture, housing industry(including new and existing; and renovations-repairs, appliances, roofing, etc.) electronics, Iphones, computers,etc… all will benefit as well. Get the picture?

Voice your opinion and get involved.  Start today!

 Thanks

Horace Justice