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U.S. Government already recognized and accepted responsibility to pay reparations to former slaves. Indeed, Congressional leaders convinced President Lincoln to establish the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands on March 3, 1865, shortly after Sherman issued his order No. 15. See, Union general William T. Sherman issued his Special Field Order No. 15, in the section, Articles.

Section three of Special Field Order No. 15, specifies the allocation of land: ” … each family shall have a plot of not more than (40) acres of tillable ground, and when it borders on some water channel, with not more than 800 feet waterfront, in the possession of which land the military authorities will afford them protection, until such time as they can protect themselves, or until Congress shall regulate their title.”

In fact, U.S. Government also accepted responsibility to pay reparations to former slaveholders. In 1862 the federal government set up a commission to compensate slaveholders who did not join the Confederacy. See, Act of Congress that set up the commission.

Although Sherman’s Special Field Order No. 15 had no tangible benefit for Black citizens after President Johnson’s revocation, the present-day movement supporting reparations has pointed to it as the U.S. government’s promise to make restitution to African Americans for enslavement. The order is also the likely origin of the phrase “forty acres and a mule,” which spread throughout the South in the weeks and months following Sherman’s march.

The unpaid reparations for uncompensated slave labor have remained unpaid and have since increased in the normal course of any unpaid debt. The current value of this unpaid reparations debt to former slaves for their uncompensated coerced labor is represented in the U.S. Reparations Debt Clock, which is running in this platform.

We the people of the United States, in our exceptionalism, cannot hide from our responsibility. That’s not what we do. Accordingly, we propose we demonstrate our exceptionalism by doing the following:

Option 1:

A) We propose that the United States federal government, through an act of Congress, shall grant each American citizen who is a descendant of slaves in the United States a Certificate of Lifetime Tax Exemption from any and all withholding and payment of any and all federal income tax over a period of 150 years. Lifetime Tax Exemption program, petition Congress by clicking here.

B) In addition, we propose that the United States federal government, through an act of Congress, shall pay $100 billion annually as payment towards its uncompensated slave labor debt, over a period of 150 years, for Special Purpose Programs for the benefit of American citizens who are descendant of slaves in the United States, who will not benefit from the Certificate of Lifetime Tax Exemption program, above. $100 Billion Annually for Special Purpose Programs, petition Congress by clicking here.

Option 2:

Pending Congressional action, please help the United States pay the United States uncompensated slave labor debt shown on the Debt Clock, above by clicking here.

ALL PAYMENTS ARE TO THE UNITED STATES REPARATIONS, (“ORGANIZATION”) A 501-C-3, TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. ALL PAYMENTS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. IN 1865, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BEGAN COMPENSATING FORMERLY ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH 40 ACRES AND A MULE. THE GOVERNMENT STOPPED PAYING THIS DEBT WHEN HOSTILE POLITICIANS TOOK OVER GOVERNMENT AFTER THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. COMPENSATION HAS NOT RESUMED EVER SINCE. THE PAYMENT UNDER THIS PLATFORM INVOLVES PEOPLE HELPING THE GOVERNMENT PAY THE DEBT IT ACCEPTED TO PAY IN 1865. ALL PAYMENTS, AFTER EXCLUDING PROCESSING FEE MENTIONED BELOW, WILL BE TO THE ORGANIZATION. THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE OPERATED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS, WHO ARE THE LEGITIMATE OWNERS OF THE COMPENSATION THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR INHERITANCES HAD COMPENSATION NOT BEEN STOPPED. THE GOAL HERE IS TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT PAY ITS DEBT. OUR GOAL IS NOT TO DICTATE TO AFRICAN AMERICANS ABOUT HOW THEY PLAN TO SPEND THEIR INHERITANCES. IT IS UN-AMERICAN TO POLICE HOW HEIRS SPEND THEIR INHERITANCES. DONORS BENEFIT BY HAVING THEIR DONATIONS BE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. DONORS ALSO BENEFIT AS EXPLAINED BELOW THROUGH THE RECEIPT OF “40 ACRES AND A MULE CERTIFICATE” WHICH IN THEMSELVES COULD HAVE VALUE EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT DONATED.

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