4 widows made it to year 2,000. I can’t find data about 1990 but that’s like what 7 women?
adamkex on
The war ended in 1865? How are there any Confederate widows in 1990?
ducktheft1934 on
That’s shady asf
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Sandsnorkle1 on
I’m not in any way trying to defend Mississippi on any level, but imagine being an old woman in a cohort of less than 50 and having a whole fucking state vote to take away your income. What a shitty indefensible position to be in. Last confederate war widow dies on the streets of Biloxi, is kind of a wild headline, while perhaps satisfying, is kind of ghoulish.
slacm893 on
What a shithole
imnotgonnakillyou on
Moochin’ war widows
JM3DlCl on
The last known widow passed away in 2020 at 101 years old
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Trixie_Dixon on
Lol there’s no way that the ballot measure didn’t cost more to propose, approve, print, count, and legislate that the vale of those remaining pensions
Seems kinda late for that kind of ruling, but I also am conflicted on the idea of Confederates getting any kind of military pensions or benefits regardless.
1991fly on
Mississippi Goddam!
MontyRohde on
They could pay pensions to veterans and their widows but no reparations for the slaves.
Galaxy661 on
Why tf were they getting any in the first place? Wives of foreign enemy soldiers leeching on the country they tried to destroy? Lincoln getting shot in that theatre was probably one of the worst things that have happened to the US
S10Galaxy2 on
So to clear things up for people confused, confederate widows of KIA soldiers had all died out by the time of this amendment. These widows were originally young women who had married older veterans that survived civil war. You might consider this taxpayer mooching, but it’s important to remember that these women were young girls in the Deep South in the early 1900s when they had these marriages.
Their career prospects weren’t great and being trapped in marriages with very old men they likely weren’t in love with was the only guaranteed way they’d have any reliable income or financial independence as they got older. Plus by this point in the 90’s the number of pensioners was less than a hundred people and they were all incredibly old without the ability to work for themselves. I’m not supporting the confederacy but this is a lot more of a grey issue than the black and white “good vs evil” everyone in these comments are boiling it down too just because they heard the word confederate.
SeaworthinessIll4478 on
No pension payments were made from this particular state program after 1950 or so. The ballot question was simply to remove an archaic law from the state’s constitution. They did this as part of a broader effort to modernize their constitution.
NoSober__SoberZone on
Woke ass vote, taking money from a handful of old ladies just to be woke
JoseCansecoMilkshake on
Wasn’t the pension like $73/mo because it wasn’t adjusted for inflation? Seems like a waste to hold a vote for giving like 8 old ladies $73/mo
oddmanout on
Honestly, I’d probably be opposed to it. First off, it’s probably like 6 women, max. Also they would have been REALLY old by then, too. Too old to work and likely depended on that money. Pulling the rug out from under them so late in life is just cruel. Also, they were *really* young when they married super old men, I have to think it was against their will for at least some of them. It’s not like *they* were in the Civil War.
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thedavidnotTHEDAVID on
Let’s go Jackson County?
Always proud to be “Coast Trash” if this is what it implies!
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4 widows made it to year 2,000. I can’t find data about 1990 but that’s like what 7 women?
The war ended in 1865? How are there any Confederate widows in 1990?
That’s shady asf
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I’m not in any way trying to defend Mississippi on any level, but imagine being an old woman in a cohort of less than 50 and having a whole fucking state vote to take away your income. What a shitty indefensible position to be in. Last confederate war widow dies on the streets of Biloxi, is kind of a wild headline, while perhaps satisfying, is kind of ghoulish.
What a shithole
Moochin’ war widows
The last known widow passed away in 2020 at 101 years old
.
Lol there’s no way that the ballot measure didn’t cost more to propose, approve, print, count, and legislate that the vale of those remaining pensions
Is there more info about this referendum
Also the proud city of Vicksburg refused to celebrate the 4th of July like 80 years after Civil War ended
https://www.wlbt.com/2019/07/05/story-behind-decades-long-break-july-th-celebrations-vicksburg/
Seems kinda late for that kind of ruling, but I also am conflicted on the idea of Confederates getting any kind of military pensions or benefits regardless.
Mississippi Goddam!
They could pay pensions to veterans and their widows but no reparations for the slaves.
Why tf were they getting any in the first place? Wives of foreign enemy soldiers leeching on the country they tried to destroy? Lincoln getting shot in that theatre was probably one of the worst things that have happened to the US
So to clear things up for people confused, confederate widows of KIA soldiers had all died out by the time of this amendment. These widows were originally young women who had married older veterans that survived civil war. You might consider this taxpayer mooching, but it’s important to remember that these women were young girls in the Deep South in the early 1900s when they had these marriages.
Their career prospects weren’t great and being trapped in marriages with very old men they likely weren’t in love with was the only guaranteed way they’d have any reliable income or financial independence as they got older. Plus by this point in the 90’s the number of pensioners was less than a hundred people and they were all incredibly old without the ability to work for themselves. I’m not supporting the confederacy but this is a lot more of a grey issue than the black and white “good vs evil” everyone in these comments are boiling it down too just because they heard the word confederate.
No pension payments were made from this particular state program after 1950 or so. The ballot question was simply to remove an archaic law from the state’s constitution. They did this as part of a broader effort to modernize their constitution.
Woke ass vote, taking money from a handful of old ladies just to be woke
Wasn’t the pension like $73/mo because it wasn’t adjusted for inflation? Seems like a waste to hold a vote for giving like 8 old ladies $73/mo
Honestly, I’d probably be opposed to it. First off, it’s probably like 6 women, max. Also they would have been REALLY old by then, too. Too old to work and likely depended on that money. Pulling the rug out from under them so late in life is just cruel. Also, they were *really* young when they married super old men, I have to think it was against their will for at least some of them. It’s not like *they* were in the Civil War.
Let’s go Jackson County?
Always proud to be “Coast Trash” if this is what it implies!