Quote Originally Posted by cheeseburger
Jack, with all due respect, the fact remains slavery was practiced in the United States and the government knew about it. The rest is fluff.
We have a pretty big budget, and the #1 place we spend money on could do with a bit of downsizing. This is a topic for a whole new debate.

So it seems I'm correct. You have no valid rationale for why one group of people should receive monetary reparations except that according to you some individuals 150 years ago did something wrong. Therefore by your logic another class of people who have done nothing wrong today should be required to pay for that...except of course, because you say so. The lack of logic you've shown and failure to provide any explanation for your position pretty well dooms your argument though.

Well....I'd have to agree it's a pretty big budget, but why do you want to go taking money away from Medicare, Medicaid the NIH, the FDA and the other programs from the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)? http://www.federalbudget.com/chart.gif

With all due respect, you really ought to do some research so you know what the heck you're talking about before engaging in debate.