Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., just introduced a federal bill to deliver reparations. Booker, like other Democrats running for the presidency, thinks the modern equivalent of 40 acres and a mule will right the wrongs of slavery and lock down the black vote in 2020.

This is a pipe dream to placate the black community rather than a serious policy proposal.

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