Those who propose reparations to the descendants of slaves argue that they are to compensate for the severe deprivation of human rights of slaves and the centuries of discrimination that African Americans have experienced since the days of slavery. But when the Germans paid reparations to the survivors of the Holocaust, payments were made to survivors, not their kids and not all Jews, gays or Roma. And when the U.S. paid reparations to the Japanese they forced into camps during WWII, a decision authorized by then-President Carter in 1988, the $20,00 payment was made to those Japanese-Americans still alive. If past reparations have been made to the injured, is it a reasonable now to structure a program that offers payments to the descendants of slaves? What are the economic constraints and considerations that need to inform this decision?