It’s enough to bring tears to your eyes. Or at least it is you happen to be San Jose Democratic Assemblyman Ash Kalra, a member of the California legislature. The subject being addressed this week in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary was reparations, specifically the creation of a “Fund for Reparations and Reparative Justice.” The bill, SB 1331, has been estimated to cost as much as $800 billion (with a “B”) if it’s implemented. One Republican Assemblywoman had the audacity to raise objections to the proposal, pointing out that the staggering figure would be destructive to a state that is already facing billion-dollar deficits in its annual budget. Those objections caused Kalra to choke up when he insisted that the costs were justified. He proceeded to deliver a speech that was long on emotion, but noticeably short of common sense. (Fox News)
A California Democrat held back tears earlier this month when a Republican lawmaker said it would be unfair to make Asians and Latinos pay slavery reparations to African-Americans.
The exchange happened on June 11 during a meeting of the California Assembly Committee on Judiciary. The lawmakers were discussing SB 1331, a bill that would establish the “Fund for Reparations and Reparative Justice” in the state treasury — the culmination of a monthslong initiative by California Democrats to develop a reparation proposal for descendants of American slaves. […]
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