A House panel has voted to advance such a bill. Link

I like to think of myself as a progressive, but this does not seem right to me. Are they going to give money to all slave descendants, including the wealthy? Does giving payments settle the score regarding slavery? Why should people who are not descendants of slave owners, including recent immigrants, be required to give their tax money to the descendants of slaves?

Reparations would not be discussed if Blacks were not disproportionately among the poor and if there was not still racial discrimination. These issues should be addressed, but not because of the existence of slavery in the past.