Walter Williams, professor of economics at George Mason University and frequent fill-in host for Rush Limbaugh, has come up with an interesting way to save Social Security from bankruptcy.
Let’s let the ol’ Perfesser explain it in his own words:
“By the way, before I leave the subject of what government should be doing, I have an idea for the Congress to deal with, let’s say the insolvency of Social Security. The government owns a whole lot of wasting assets. Namely, they own most of the land in Nevada, Utah, I believe California and Alaska.
I’ll tell you what I would do – I will make a deal with the United States Congress. I will exchange all of my Social Security payments in the future for a hundred acres of land in Alaska anywhere — and they can keep the mule they promised my ancestors. Just give me 100 acres of land and I will give up all of my rights to Social Security. How do you like that, Congress?”
The mule reference of course, refers to the United States government’s pledge to give each freed slave 40 acres and a mule. Because, yes, Walter Williams is black.
Of course, this is radio so that racist Rush Limbaugh probably didn’t know that when he gave Williams the fill-in gig.
By the way, we’re also take the same deal, but we’re slightly more selective than Williams. If the government would be so kind, we would like our 100 acres to be on a nice bluff overlooking the Pacific somewhere in Hawaii. And in return for being less selective we’ll settle for less land. Maybe even just ten acres.
Sound fair?
H/T: DailyCaller.com
