The Militant - August 9, 2010 -- Letters

Vol. 74/No. 30 August 9, 2010

Letters

Congratulations
I just finished reading about the Socialist Workers Party’s 46th national convention. [See July 12 Militant.] Congrats! The SWP, the Militant, and Pathfinder are playing a large role in my education on the class struggle. My family is even learning to respect your perspectives.

A prisoner
Maryland

Black farmers
The government decided to allow 17 executives of banks it recently bailed out to keep $1.6 billion in compensation, but the U.S. Senate stripped both $1.2 billion designated to compensate tens of thousands of Black farmers for a legacy of discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a $3.4 billion settlement for Native Americans who said the government swindled them out of royalties.

The reason the federal official gave for not trying to recoup the exorbitant bank executive compensation was that “shaming them was punishment enough.” The reason given for stripping funds to compensate Black farmers and Indians was the question: “Where would the money come from?”

Karl Butts
Plant City, Florida

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