politicsnation. tonight s lead, out with the old, in with the new. right now there s literally just hours left in 2022. a turbulent political year now ending with several transitions. not least of which being this incoming divided congress. the winds of change are blowing in both parties, as new leadership takes the reins for congressional democrats, for republicans, and internal battles over the parties future rages even as the gop prepares to take over the house in a little over a week. 2022 you had its highs and lows. but, i am grateful for a few things. democrats retained the senate, and i ve held on to morehouse eats not expected. the biden white house has a long list of policy wins to boast about as the year ends. and, even with a congressional probe into january 6th ending, the investigation surrounding donald trump appears to be tightening by the day. and, yesterday at the after six years of legal wrangling, we finally know just how little donald trump paid in federal
The rise in the number of seizures can be attributed to the amendments brought in 2019, when the director general of NIA was given powers to grant approval for seizure of property in cases being investigated by the agency. Earlier, the central agency needed approval from the DGP of the state.
from the south, and the midwest going back to the civil war era. looking at that history, you are task force has looked at five areas specifically in its evaluation of the discrimination effect on the states black residents. housing, incarceration, property seizures, devaluation of black businesses, and health care. each area representing a loss that could be quantified. another housing discrimination is key in the study, and your panel found that from 1933 to 1977 that factor alone would as to meet you around 569 billion dollars in losses, $223,200 per person. in reparations. can you tell us why housing discrimination factors so heavily in the state s history? absolutely.
out of california. governor newsom put this panel together on reparations and they came up with the following. five areas, housing determination mass incarceration, unjust property seizures, devaluation of black businesses in health care. the task force estimates compensation of $569 billion with 223,200 per person. where are they going to get the money, bob. that is twice california s yearly budget. let s not forget if we start doing these commissions, i can tell you those displaced in the same arguments. i m not trying to compare them, how are you going to be able to come up with the money to do everything to try to right wrongs that occurred in the past anybody. there was an alternative in this report which is about housing grandson may be education tuition grants that are going to have to be reasonable because at the end of the day the taxpayers
Land expropriation without compensation (EWC) will have severe consequences for the SA economy. In a recent interview with BizNews editor at large Jackie Cameron, independent financial advisor Dawn Ridler shared her thoughts on the economic impact (listen to the interview below). ‘Land or property ownership is very valued in capitalist societies. From an economic perspective, if we take acquisition without compensation – which is in violation of property rights norms in the West – that could impact on our direct investment and impact on economies’. South Africa is in dire need of foreign investment, which may dry up with the advent of land expropriation. Here, Jonathan Katzenellenbogen explains the consequences of EWC.