https://marylandreporter.com/2025/08/08/state-roundup-another-purple-line-problem-floods-apartments-states-scramble-to-complete-renewable-energy-projects-oc-challenges-wind-permit-nonprofit-handling-56m-faces-scrutiny/ The news site for government and politics in the Free State Sun, 10 Aug 2025 14:56:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://marylandreporter.com/2025/08/08/state-roundup-another-purple-line-problem-floods-apartments-states-scramble-to-complete-renewable-energy-projects-oc-challenges-wind-permit-nonprofit-handling-56m-faces-scrutiny/#comment-44477 Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:01:47 +0000 https://marylandreporter.com/?p=4829485#comment-44477 The discussion around reparations will never end. The people that support some sort of reparations will never agree to what is an appropriate solution. A one time payment of a check will be short solution that will provide little relief, will be criticized as not enough by some and will hurt the taxpayers, many of which had nothing to do with slavery or had any connection to it. Or as stated in the article perhaps some kind of free or subsidized job training, which certainly seems better as teaching a man to fish is better than just handing him a fish such as a check. The article mentions rent freezes, which again is a horrible solution, as we see time and time again, rent freezes often hurt the very people they are trying to help. There’s no easy answer to this and any “final solution” to it will be constantly criticized by everyone and the debate will never end even if some form of reparations is ever passed. It’s a lose-lose issue.

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