Obama Hails Passage of Settlement for Native Americans, Black Farmers

I'm all for righting wrongs but where is this money coming from? We who are stuck paying for this in a recession did not do the discrimniating acts that we are paying for. Where is our justice???

No I am NOT a democrat, and yes I do have second job,but the first one is in realestate so need I say more....No money to be made there.I have never asked for any handout from the govt. The comment was mostly just venting my fustrations over the never ending spending policies of this administration.

How many of the receipients were truly discrminated against? Why didn't they file their claims before the original deadline. There was supposed to have been 18,000 claimants included in the 2008 Farm Bill which included payment to those who filed. Now there are over 90,000 who claimed they were discriminated against. $50,000 per alleged injured person is very generous. Americans of Japanese ancestry received $20,000 for their unconstitutional imprisonment and seizure of property during WW II. Must be inflation !

I will say that I believe this country is in the crapper and there are much more important things to be spending this money on at this point in time. There are unemployed of ALL colors about to lose benefits, senior citizens of ALL colors not getting a cost of living increase for the 3rd year in a row and medicare (ie.disabled and elderly) recipients of ALL colors having prescription benefits cut. But, I'm sure it is MUCH more important to "move beyond this sad chapter." Grow the hell up. My violin is resonating sadly.

50,000.00 will by alot of maultliquor & newports

Heaven knows Native Americans got a fair shake in the old American dream. It's the funniest thing to watch those with the most advantage blow a gasket when those with the least get any kind of justice. Imagine if the farmers were white. Different story now aye? Last time I check it was impossible to pass a bill in the Senate without 60 votes. Who are those traitorous Republicans? That's what the loonies should be researching. Get out your pitch forks and go find them. There is a ratioonal republican left in the Senate go get em ....

It's interesting that a "decades old" lawsuit is being settled by this congress. The dems continue to shove this crap down the throats of the American people. January can't come soon enough.

Would it be to much to ask that some money be used to keep are children in college.Mine are being thrown out because I cannot pay the high cost of tuition.I guess because we are white we don't matter.What happened to every child deserves an education.

What a CROCK!!!!!

Another reason for the loonies to come out of the woodwork ranting about how they have been wronged and Obama is giving payemtns for slavery. Yawn.... Maybe the fact that this case goes back to 1999 and was decided years before Obama was even known polically. (he may still have been in Kenya) The Governement is simply closing the books. Don't let anything like reality stop a good rant...go for it.