's reparations taskforce believes the estimated $800 billion cost of its proposals is a 'very cautious' minimum that could rise even further as more 'harms and atrocities' faced by black people are accounted for.A report by the nine-strong committee, whose suggested reparations bill would amount to more than double the state's annual budget, said its eyewatering projections are 'intentionally conservative'.The five criteria of 'harms and atrocities' used to calculate the costs, which include housing discrimination and health disparities, are 'not exhaustive [and] the total of the estimated losses to African Americans is not a final estimate of all losses', the taskforce said.
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