Comedian and talk show host Bill Maher slammed San Francisco’s reparations proposal of paying the city’s Black residents $5 million this weekend, characterizing the move as “madness.”

During his “Real Time with Bill Maher” show on HBO Friday, Maher mocked the proposal that might also include eliminating personal debt and tax burdens for black residents, guaranteeing annual incomes of at least $97,000 for the next 250 years, and creating opportunities for Black residents to purchase homes in the city for $1 per family:

“In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the 11 members [of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors] accepted a draft plan of more than 100 reparations recommendations for the city’s eligible Black residents. Those proposals include a whopping one-time payment of $5 million to each adult and a complete clearing of personal debt — including credit cards, taxes and student loans.

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