As for why the state of California, which joined the country as a free state in 1850, should fork over billions in reparations, the draft recommendation notes that California “did not pass laws at the time to guarantee freedom. The recommendation pointed out that for a decade after emancipation, California continued to allow the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, which called for the capture and return of runaway slaves.”

But where will Americans who never owned slaves find the cash to pay Americans who never were slaves? Well, Denver Democratic councilwoman Cande Cdebaca, has an idea. Why not impose a reparations tax on white businesses?

Speaking before the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance, Cdebaca said: “Capitalism was built on stolen land, stolen labor and stolen resources. … You could be collecting those taxes from white-led businesses all over the city, and redistributing them to black- and brown-owned businesses.”

What an outrageous proposal. I wonder if any members of the group bothered to inform her that such an act is unconstitutional. And does she realize that the land was originally stolen from Native Americans?