I see we have at least a couple of threads on his passing. So I’ll just repeat what I wrote on another thread:
He was one of my favorite columnists. He was 100% right in emphasizing (actually demonstrating and proving) that minimum-wage laws reduce the employment of minimum wage workers, particularly teenagers and especially black teenagers.
Historically, the minimum wage law got its start as a way to prevent southern black highway construction crews from underbidding northern white unionized crews. The minimum wage is just another anti-black law that Democrats passed.
The minimum wage law remains popular because of its name. It sounds like it raises wages, when in fact it merely outlaws jobs. It’s a little like outlawing Fs, Ds and Cs in school so as to raise GPAs.
Walter Williams offered both common and uncommon sense on a variety of topics.
I recommend his book for some fabulous reading about his life..his time in the Army etc. I didn’t realize he wrote so many so it has to be Up From The Projects....his bio!
I remember the story he told on Rush’s show years ago about getting ready to go to his job at the university one morning and walking out to the street to take in his garbage can. A motorist stopped and asked him if he was free to do some work for him. Here is Walter Williams dressed in a suit, black and of course, he’s setting out to do household chores for someone!