{"id":1923841,"date":"2023-05-04T00:41:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T04:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/going-for-broke-californias-reparations-tax-force-ups-potential-payouts-to-1-2m-per-person\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T00:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T04:46:36","slug":"going-for-broke-californias-reparations-tax-force-ups-potential-payouts-to-1-2m-per-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/going-for-broke-californias-reparations-tax-force-ups-potential-payouts-to-1-2m-per-person\/","title":{"rendered":"California&#8217;s Reparations Tax Force increases potential payouts to $1.2M per person."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgoing-for-broke-californias-reparations-tax-force-ups-potential-payouts-to-1-2m-per-person%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>California&#8217;s Reparations Task Force Considers Generous Payouts for Black Residents<\/h2>\n<p>The California Reparations Task Force is making headlines with its latest draft plan, which recommends payouts of up to $1.2 million for some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-reparations-committee-proposes-5-million-lump-sum-payment-debt-forgiveness-to-qualified-black-residents\/\" title=\"San Francisco Reparations Committee Proposes  Million Lump-Sum Payment, Debt Forgiveness To Qualified Black Residents\">longtime black residents<\/a>. The task force, which was launched in 2020 during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, has been working to compensate black Californians for the harms inflicted on them due to slavery and racism.<\/p>\n<h3>Generous Payouts for Harms Inflicted on Black Californians<\/h3>\n<p>The task force&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-biden-has-caved-on-our-iran-deal-demands-talks-may-resume\/\" title=\"Russia: Biden Has Caved on Our Iran Deal Demands, Talks May Resume\">latest report suggests<\/a> that black Californians are owed thousands of dollars for every year they&#8217;ve spent in the state. This is due to a range of alleged harms, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southern-poverty-law-center-maintains-160-million-in-offshore-accounts\/\" title=\"Southern Poverty Law Center Maintains 0 Million in Offshore Accounts\">including mass incarceration<\/a>, home loan discrimination, unequal access to healthcare, medical discrimination, and pollution. For example, compensation for pollution and other health harms is recommended at $13,619 per average person per year, or $966,921 for an average lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>The report also notes that delaying reparations is an injustice that causes more suffering, especially for the elderly among the harmed. The task force further suggests that state leaders tell the public that reparations are just a &#8220;substantial initial down payment&#8221; on a much larger debt.<\/p>\n<h3>Debating Who Qualifies for Reparations<\/h3>\n<p>Despite two years of work, the task force has yet to decide which black residents should qualify for reparations. California was never a slave state, and the panel has debated whether only descendants of chattel slaves deserve compensation.<\/p>\n<h3>Financial Feasibility and Political Will<\/h3>\n<p>While the task force has not addressed the financial feasibility of its proposals, it is up to the state legislature to debate the recommendations. California was facing a $23 billion budget hole earlier this year, and most officials believe the crisis has grown worse as the state awaits Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s budget revision, to be released next week.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D.), who sits on the task force, has been spreading the word in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-reparations-could-top-800-billion-economists-for-state-panel-say\/\" title=\"California Reparations Could Top 0 Billion, Economists for State Panel Say\">sympathetic media outlets<\/a> that the &#8220;actual meat&#8221; of reparations will be policies that stop racism\u2014not cash payments.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The California Reparations Task Force&#8217;s latest draft plan is making waves with its generous recommended payouts for black residents. While the task force has yet to decide who qualifies for reparations, it is clear that the harms inflicted on black Californians are significant and require redress. The financial feasibility of the proposals and the political will to implement them remain to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California&#8217;s reparations task force is considering its most generous recommended payouts yet, including up to $1.2 million for some longtime black residents. The task force laid out the latest numbers in a draft plan that members will discuss at their monthly meeting on Saturday. According to the report, based on input from economic advisers, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1604,"featured_media":1923842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[25757,4036,4649,8489,20770,3892,4238,9128,8360],"class_list":["post-1923841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-1-2m","tag-californias","tag-force","tag-increases","tag-payouts","tag-person","tag-potential","tag-reparations","tag-tax"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1604"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}