{"id":2153216,"date":"2024-01-18T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jamaal-bowman-co-sponsors-14-trillion-slavery-reparations-bill\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T20:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T01:06:26","slug":"rep-jamaal-bowman-co-sponsors-14-trillion-slavery-reparations-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jamaal-bowman-co-sponsors-14-trillion-slavery-reparations-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Jamaal Bowman supports a $14 trillion slavery reparations bill"},"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\">20<\/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%2Frep-jamaal-bowman-co-sponsors-14-trillion-slavery-reparations-bill%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=2153216&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Jeenah Moon\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>5:02 PM \u2013 Thursday, \u200dJanuary 18, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>New York Democrat Representative Jamaal Bowman is co-funding a $14\u2062 trillion reparation bill against the\u200c federal government, citing ongoing systematic racism, American slavery, and the aftermath of it. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The bill,\u2063 in addition to\u2062 supporting the National Publishers Association, \u2062the National Association of Black\u2064 Broadcasters, and the \u201crestoration of voting rights\u200b for persons currently or \u200dpreviously incarcerated,\u201d HR 414 would provide free college education\u2064 for Black Americans \u2063at \u2063the 107 HBCUs across the nation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happening Now:  Rep Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y and 8 other members of Congress are pushing for a reparations bill which will cost $14 trillion.  When asked how \u200cthey\u2019ll pay for this Bowman said \u201cwe\u2019ll spend it into existence.\u201d \u200d  <\/p>\n<p>Bowman is also calling on the incarcerated to \u2063have the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WSjSzaxTFp\">pic.twitter.com\/WSjSzaxTFp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Travis\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Travis_in_Flint) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travis_in_Flint\/status\/1747987619672179181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, Bowman gave examples \u2062of\u2062 why he\u200c believes the country can afford such a measure. He mentioned how\u200b the federal government gave continuous financial handouts during the COVID-19 pandemic as \u200dwell as \u2062U.S. efforts to\u200d fund the \u201cspace race.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhen COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat,\u201d said Bowman. \u201cThe government can invest\u200c the same way \u2064in reparations without raising\u200c taxes\u2064 on anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhere did the money come from?\u201d Bowman said. \u201cWe \u2062spent it into existence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bowman is one of the bill\u2019s\u2062 nine sponsors, which\u200d aims to prove that the \u200cU.S. has \u201ca moral\u2062 and \u2064legal obligation to provide \u2063reparations for\u200b the enslavement of Africans \u200cand its lasting harm on \u200cthe lives of\u2062 millions of Black people in the United States.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The proposed law, which was first introduced \u200bin May of 2023, would require the federal government to invest $14 trillion\u200c in\u200c a reparations \u200bplan that would assist \u201cBlack and African American descendants of enslaved people.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The measure addresses concerns over perceived racial disparities in housing, mass incarceration, and education.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also states that it will \u201celiminate \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-student-debt-forgiveness-would-cost-taxpayers-millions\/\" title=\"Democrats push for student debt forgiveness, would cost taxpayers millions\">racial wealth gap<\/a> that currently exists between Black and White Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowman added that \u200bthe \u201cincarcerated\u2064 should be able to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u200c definitely think that when they\u200c come out, they should automatically be\u2063 enfranchised,\u201d \u200che asserted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The representative also said that he\u200d believes the trillions \u200dof dollars \u200bcan be distributed \u2062over decades, and \u200bnot just all at once. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWho\u2063 says the $14 trillion needs to be paid out in one shot?,\u201d\u2063 said Bowman. \u201cIt might \u200bbe possible for \u200cit to be paid out over\u2064 five or \u200b10 or 20 years. You could take \u200cthat $333,000 and \u200cbreak it up into monthly checks over X amount of time.\u2062 There\u200b are creative\u200b ways to do\u200d the right thing and do what needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to academic estimates cited in the bill, \u200dthe United States \u201cgained over 222 trillion hours of [free] forced labor between\u200b 1619 and 1865, \u2064which \u2062would be valued at $97,000,000,000,000 today.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u200b were 246 years of free labor that produced trillions or hundreds of trillions of dollars for the U.S. \u200deconomy,\u201d said Bowman. \u201cThe economy wouldn\u2019t exist in the way it does today if \u2064slavery hadn\u2019t built it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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The bill, \u200dknown as HR 414,\u2062 aims to support \u2063the National Publishers Association, the National Association of Black Broadcasters, and the restoration of voting \u2062rights for currently \u200dor previously\u200c incarcerated individuals. Additionally, the bill proposes providing free college education \u200dfor Black Americans at the 107 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across\u200b the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The push for reparations has gained momentum \u200bin recent years,\u2064 with advocates highlighting the need to address historical injustices and racial disparities in \u2064areas such as housing, mass incarceration, and education. \u200dRepresentative Bowman argues that\u200b the country can\u200d afford such a measure, pointing to the government&#8217;s allocation of funds during the COVID-19 pandemic and its investments in projects like the space \u2063race. He asserts that the government\u200b can &#8220;spend reparations into existence&#8221; without\u2062 raising taxes\u2062 on anyone.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which was first introduced in May 2023, proposes a \u200d$14 trillion investment\u200d by\u200c the federal government in a reparations plan to assist &#8220;Black \u200band African American descendants \u200bof \u2063enslaved people.&#8221; The aim is \u200dto eliminate the racial wealth gap between Black and White Americans\u200b and address the\u200c lasting harm caused by slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Bowman suggests that the distribution of funds can occur over decades, rather\u2062 than in a single\u200c large payment. He highlights the possibility\u2062 of \u2064breaking down the $14 trillion into\u2063 monthly checks spread over a specified period. He believes there are creative ways to ensure that the right thing is done and that reparations \u200bare implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Academic estimates cited in the bill suggest that the United States gained over 222 trillion hours of forced labor between 1619 and 1865, which would be\u200b valued at $97 trillion today. Bowman emphasizes that the U.S. economy owes \u200bits existence, in large part, \u200dto the 246 years of free labor provided by enslaved individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The reparation bill co-funded by Representative Jamaal\u200d Bowman and eight other members of\u2062 Congress seeks to address the moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the\u2064 enslavement of Africans and \u2064its enduring impact on \u200bthe \u2063lives \u2064of millions of Black people\u2062 in the United States. If passed, the bill would represent a significant step towards addressing \u200chistorical\u200c injustices and working towards a more equitable society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Democrat Representative Jamaal Bowman is co-sponsoring a $14 trillion reparation bill, citing ongoing systematic racism, American slavery, and its aftermath. 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