Steyer promises Reparations

Presidential candidate, Tom Steyer, promises reparations to the descendants of enslaved African-Americans.
Is he just saying this to get the African-American vote? Can a President pass a reparations bill as an executive order?

 

Pandering political whore

 

Black people should be offended by Democrats and their race baiting.

Democrats don't think much of the "minority's" they pander to

 

They think they're too dumb to notice

 

Every 4 years. Have you not noticed this pattern yet.
Trump didn’t promise anything to blacks, he only said “what do you have to lose” and boom! Record low black unemployment, record high black businesses. Trump has done more for blacks than reparations could ever hope to...assuming a democrat would keep its promise.
The upshot is, with earning comes dignity, hand outs...not so much.

 

Trump helps all Americans regardless of skin pigmentation in real life.

Democrats who buy into this race baiting only hurt themselves. Seeing everything through race transforms you into a racist.

 

The cat's already out of the bag on reparations. No matter who the eventual nominee is for the Democrats, I suspect reparations will be part of the party platform.

And no, this can't be done with an executive order since the money and program to determine eligibility would require legislation, so Congress would have to pass this.

 

No. The president doesn't control the budget. The purse belongs to the Congress. He's just pandering and making idiotic promises that naive and gullible people will vote for. It's another example of empty promises that the Democrats like to make to people of color. A lot of blacks fall for it every election.

 

One would think but then there's Clinton who was declared the first black president.

 

A little late to the pandering party.....

 

A rising tide lifts all boats.

 

Middle finger to Steyer... this makes him a bad person..

 

And Obama declared to be African American despite not having one African American in his lineage

 

Blacks already received billions in reparations
Called welfare !!!

 

He should pay reparations to all of us since he made his money as a fossil fuel hedge fund manager. When he cleans up the mess he made, he should pay reparations again.

 

His Dad was African. His Mom was American. Therefore, Obama is African-American.

 

I sure do miss Obama.

 

All former slave owners should give everything they own to their former slaves.

 

Exactly. Attempt to buy votes with taxpayer money!!!!

Besides that, it is something that happened 155 years ago.

 

What about the big insurance companies and corporations that participated in slavery? Should they be liable?

 

155 years is nothing from a historical perspective.

 

Whites received welfare too.

 

How much should each Black person receive for the enslavement of their ancestors?

 

If I get reparations money I will put it to good use. I won't squander it.

 

Steyer can promise anything he wants. He is never going to be prez.