Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett called for black Americans to be exempt from paying taxes when asked about reparations for slavery.
The 43-year-old then went on to suggest it may not succeed because many poorer black people ‘aren’t really paying taxes in the first place’.
Crockett, a liberal freshman in the House who has called Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott’s immigration policy ‘insane’ and that his new laws aim ‘to kill people,’ made the statement on ‘The Black Lawyers Podcast’ last week.
When the host asked her about reparations – often on many far left politicians and activists wish lists – she made the bizarre suggestion after hearing about the plan from a celebrity and thinking it ‘I don’t know that that’s necessarily a bad idea’.
‘One of the things they propose is black folk not have to pay taxes for a certain amount of time because then again, that puts money back in your pocket,’ Crockett explained.
While Crockett could not recall which celebrity she heard say that, most recently Tiffany Cross, the author and television host, and other presenters of her Native Land Pod, this week tried to reboot America’s flagging reparations efforts with a call for tax breaks for African Americans.
Crockett said that the plan ‘may not be as objectionable to some people’ but that the problem may be that ‘so many black folk, not only do you owe for the labor that was stolen and killed and all the other things but the fact is we end up being so far behind.’
That’s when she suggested that the biggest problem may be that some black people aren’t paying their taxes currently.
‘If you do the no tax thing, for people that are already say, struggling and not really paying taxes in the first place…’ she says, before the host interrupts and says that they ‘may want those checks’ instead from the government.
‘Exactly,’ Crockett responded.
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