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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4159599" data-attributes="member: 48469">Looks like reparation payments will be part of the next Democratic debate. If you&#039;re not to the left of Marianne on the issue you&#039;re a racist.<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/07/politics/marianne-williamson-reparations-plan-cnntv/index.html" target="_blank">Williamson wants up to $500 billion for reparations plan Marianne Williamson wants up to $500 billion for reparations plan - CNNPolitics</a>&quot;Democratic presidential candidate <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/30/politics/marianne-williamson-debate-performance/index.html" target="_blank">Marianne Williamson </a>on Wednesday rolled out her signature <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/14/politics/slavery-reparations-explainer-trnd/index.html" target="_blank">reparations</a> plan, which calls for a commission of African-American leaders who would decide how to disburse up to $500 billion in payments to descendants of American slaves &quot;for economic and educational renewal.&quot;&quot;I want a reparations council made up of 30 to 50 people who themselves are descendants of American slaves -- they come from culture, they come from academia, they come from politics. They are people who have a background of deep understanding and research on this topic,&quot; Williamson told CNN&#039;s John Berman on &quot;New Day.&quot; &quot;I have proposed $200 to $500 billion to be disbursed over a period of 20 years. It would be this reparations council that decides how is the money disbursed within the context of the stipulation on the part of the US government that the money is be used for economic and educational renewal.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4159599, member: 48469"] Looks like reparation payments will be part of the next Democratic debate. If you're not to the left of Marianne on the issue you're a racist. [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/07/politics/marianne-williamson-reparations-plan-cnntv/index.html']Williamson wants up to $500 billion for reparations plan Marianne Williamson wants up to $500 billion for reparations plan - CNNPolitics[/URL] "Democratic presidential candidate [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/30/politics/marianne-williamson-debate-performance/index.html']Marianne Williamson [/URL]on Wednesday rolled out her signature [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/14/politics/slavery-reparations-explainer-trnd/index.html']reparations[/URL] plan, which calls for a commission of African-American leaders who would decide how to disburse up to $500 billion in payments to descendants of American slaves "for economic and educational renewal." "I want a reparations council made up of 30 to 50 people who themselves are descendants of American slaves -- they come from culture, they come from academia, they come from politics. They are people who have a background of deep understanding and research on this topic," Williamson told CNN's John Berman on "New Day." "I have proposed $200 to $500 billion to be disbursed over a period of 20 years. It would be this reparations council that decides how is the money disbursed within the context of the stipulation on the part of the US government that the money is be used for economic and educational renewal." [/QUOTE]

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