Pocahontas Introduces Reparations Bill for Same-Sex Couples
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Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., reintroduced a gay reparations bill that would repay LGBT couples nearly $57 million in tax refunds.
The Refund Equality Act, originally introduced in 2017, would allow LGBT couples married before same-sex marriage was legalized in 2013 to file for amended tax returns.
“It wasn’t until marriage equality became law that gay & lesbian couples could jointly file tax returns — so they paid more in taxes. Our government owes them more than $50M for the years our discriminatory tax code left them out. We must right these wrongs,” Warren wrote on Twitter.
According to a press release by Warren’s office, the bill is co-sponsored by 42 other Democratic senators, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Warren similarly supports reparations for black Americans who were economically affected by slavery.
Earlier this year, Warren threw her support behind a bill that would introduce “systemic, structural changes to address” the “much steeper hill” African Americans have to “climb.”
“We must confront the dark history of slavery and government-sanctioned discrimination in this country that has had many consequences including undermining the ability of Black families to build wealth in America for generations,” Warren said in a statement to Reuters.
Warren’s gay reparations bill complements the Promoting Respect for Individuals’ Dignity and Equality, dubbed the PRIDE Act, that was introduced to Congress by Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif.
If it passes, the PRIDE Act would allow same-sex couples married before 2013 to file for refunds with the IRS.
Source:
https://www.libertyheadlines.com/elizabeth-warren-reparations-same-sex/