Democratic congresswoman Jasmine Crockett of Texas has proposed an utterly absurd notion: tax exemption for black Americans. While she admits it may not work due to many poorer black individuals not paying taxes already, she seems to think it’s a brilliant idea. Crockett even cites some vague celebrity endorsement for this ludicrous proposal. Let’s get real here. Tax policy should be fair and equitable for all, not based on arbitrary characteristics like race. This proposal belongs in the realm of fantasy, not in serious political discourse.
A Democratic congresswoman is calling for black Americans to be exempt from paying taxes as a form of reparations — though she admitted that the plan may not work because many poorer black people “aren’t really paying taxes in the first place.”
Jasmine Crockett, a freshman representative from Texas, said she heard a celebrity — though she could not remember which one — propose making black people tax-exempt, and thought, “I don’t know that that’s … necessarily a bad idea,” she recounted in an interview with “The Black Lawyers Podcast” last week.
“One of the things they propose is black folk not have to pay taxes for a certain amount of time because … that puts money back in your pocket,” Crockett told host J. Carter.