My Response to Ice Cube’s Contract with Black America #realtalkUSA -1/
In July 2020, a renowned music and film industry expert published an extensive proposal for improving quality of life for Black Americans in the United States of America. The expert is known to the broad public as “Ice Cube,” but in this write up, I shall respectfully and formally use his birth name, O’Shea Harris.
I am unable to find a link to the pdf Mr. Harris originally posted, and my points address only the financial crises plaguing many Black households. I write from firsthand observations compiled over many years of living in functional and dysfunctional Black neighborhoods and communities. The common sense solution to closing a furthering gap in home and business ownership and employment opportunities lies partially in stabilizing finances for Black families. This obviously requires an economic stimulus, and I propose the following measures to fund self-sustaining Black households.
Given that forced Black slave labor facilitated such a significant portion of the national economy and infrastructure of the United States of America from the 1700 — mid 1800’s, it naturally follows to pull compensation from the demographics which benefited most. I propose 2 forms of taxes which I refer to as the “2 cents tax.”
- A $.01 sales tax on all products manufactured in the United States of America and territories consisting of tobacco, sugar, cotton, and other crops and raw goods which were sustained by Black slave labor.
- A $.01 tax on sales of electric vehicles; per use of public electric vehicle charging stations; sales and installation of solar and wind powered energy initiatives; per use of public Wifi stations.
The collection and distribution of tax revenue follows in another write up.
