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The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Are Reparations Legal?

The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Salem Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary, Society & Culture

2.4590 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Is it Constitutional to ask people to pay for reparations of others based on skin color? Wen Fa of the Pacific Legal Foundation joins Michele to discuss.

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0:00.0

Welcome to another episode of Sidelined Sanity with me, Michelle Tafoya.

0:04.7

Please subscribe, subscribe, wherever you get your podcast.

0:08.8

We'd love to have you be a regular with us.

0:11.4

Today, reparations.

0:15.2

Once again, we're going to discuss the reparations package that is being proposed in San Francisco.

0:20.0

We're going to look at this from a different point of view when FAA is with the Pacific Legal Foundation. They are a

0:27.2

donation-supported legal organization that helps protect individual rights, property rights,

0:34.7

rights to rights for individuals for liberty and opportunity.

0:38.5

I mean, it's pretty simple.

0:40.3

And he makes a compelling argument against reparations in San Francisco and really anywhere.

0:47.2

But you'd also be surprised what other laws are on the books in different states that simply don't make sense.

0:55.8

I mean, you've heard stories before.

1:02.2

You'll hear more of them from Wen Fa because this is what he's devoted his life to and what Pacific Legal has devoted their resources to is defending people who don't have the wherewithal

1:08.0

to defend themselves against state laws, local laws,

1:11.4

municipal laws that get in the way of them starting a business, living a life,

1:18.7

you know, having opportunities, having access to schools.

1:21.7

It's amazing.

1:22.7

And really, thank goodness, there are organizations out here in the world that will help these people

1:28.6

and support them and get in between individuals and the government and stand up for the person,

1:35.4

not for the odd laws that are still out there on the books.

1:41.0

We'll focus on the reparations, but you're going to hear some interesting stories as we talk to Wen Fah of Pacific Legal Foundation next.

1:49.8

For nearly three decades, she's reported the action from the sidelines. She started very young.

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