Still to early for April 1st.
The revenues would flow into a 'Reparations Fund' that would be available to African Americans, and focussed especially on those who are a 'descendant of persons enslaved in the US.'
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- The tax focuses on the sale of goods linked to the transatlantic slave trade
- Revenues would flow to a fund blacks could use to buy homes and education
The tax would also apply to 'tangible property made in whole or in part from cotton, or tobacco products.'
Those buying 'wine, olives, cane sugar, granulated sugar, rice, and coffee beans' in stores would also pay the tax.