Walter E. Williams
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Sep 16, 2026
Larry ElderHOST
Why would I say that? Nobody in the whole country.
Larry ElderHOST
Are you mad? The question is, can it hold back anybody willing to work hard, persevere, avoid bad moral mistakes? Walter Williams, the late Walter Williams, known him for something like 30 years.
Larry ElderHOST
We had many sessions together.
Larry ElderHOST
He said in order to escape poverty, you need to do a handful of things.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
I mean, truly, Tim, in the 1990s, I could count on two hands the number of people who are fighting affirmative action, what we now call DEI.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
There was Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
There was me.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
There was Shelby Steele.
Larry ElderHOST
Why would I say that? Nobody in the whole country.
Larry ElderHOST
Are you mad? The question is, can it hold back anybody willing to work hard, persevere, avoid bad moral mistakes? Walter Williams, the late Walter Williams, known him for something like 30 years.
Larry ElderHOST
We had many sessions together.
Larry ElderHOST
He said in order to escape poverty, you need to do a handful of things.
Larry ElderHOST
In fact, obesity is slightly more prevalent among low-income people.
Larry ElderHOST
Walter Williams wrote this in 2020, so this is shortly before he died, called Today and Yesterday.
Larry ElderHOST
Quote, for black people, the socioeconomic progress achieved during my lifetime, which started in 1936, exceeded anyone's wildest dreams.
Larry ElderHOST
In 1936, most black people lived in gross material poverty and racial discrimination.
Larry ElderHOST
Reminder, President Trump will speak tonight at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas at 9 p.m. Eastern.
Larry ElderHOST
You can watch his remarks live right here on SNC immediately following my show.
Larry ElderHOST
Getting back to the call and written by Walter Williams called today and yesterday.
Larry ElderHOST
He says, and I'm paraphrasing, because so many white people are guilt-ridden about slavery and Jim Crow and gross discrimination, they don't hold blacks to the same standard they would hold fellow whites up to.
Kevin JacksonHOST
I got Thomas Sowell.
Kevin JacksonHOST
I got the great late great Walter Williams and many others.
Kevin JacksonHOST
Why would I be trying to educate you on economics? I can talk about it and I can give you the spin on it that will make you pay attention.
Kevin JacksonHOST
But I'm not that guy.
Larry ElderHOST
Gonna say something about the growing demand for reparations in just a second, but getting back to this gap between the rich and the poor.
Larry ElderHOST
Economist Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams, the late Walter Williams, have written extensively about poverty and growth of income in various categories for a number of years, as has Thomas Sowell, who's still with us.
Larry ElderHOST
In twenty eleven, Sowell wrote a column called Political Poverty.
Larry ElderHOST
Political Poverty.
Larry ElderHOST
Regarding ill-fed, studies of the poor have found their intake of the necessary nutrients to be no less than that of others.
Larry ElderHOST
In fact, obesity is slightly more prevalent among low-income people.
Larry ElderHOST
Walter Williams wrote this in 2020, so this is shortly before he died, called Today and Yesterday.
Larry ElderHOST
Quote, for black people, the socioeconomic progress achieved during my lifetime, which started in 1936, exceeded anyone's wildest dreams.
JRHOST
That's all.
JRHOST
What was it? Walter Williams, I think it was.
JRHOST
Who was it on the Rush Limbaugh program? I think it was Walter Williams when he substituted.
JRHOST
I always loved it when Walter Williams, he was so funny.
JRHOST
for Rush Limbaugh.
JRHOST
And he'd say, you know, I could not spend money, but then I wouldn't get re-elected.
Lucas J. MatherHOST
So somehow this got into my hands, this copy, and then I have another copy over there that Grandpa gave my wife and I back in 2009 for Christmas.
Lucas J. MatherHOST
And it's a newer edition with a forward by Walter Williams from George Mason University's Economics Department.
Lucas J. MatherHOST
Walter E. Williams.
Lucas J. MatherHOST
And so that's kind of cool.
Lucas J. MatherHOST
I think I might do that one on the podcast later.
Lucas J. MatherHOST
The Walter Williams one.
Lucas J. MatherHOST
So...
Lucas J. MatherHOST
Grandpa gave in 2009, but it's interesting that he was using his restaurant podcast to talk about stuff like the law and socialism to be a resource to not only the managers across the entire country, but the staff, the weight staff, the cleaning staff, and the distribution staff.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
He and I met him.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
I met Walter Williams back when I got here.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
I met
Ted CruzHOST
Walter Williams when I was in high school.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
Is that right?
Ted CruzHOST
Yeah, he was— Inspiring even when I
Clarence ThomasGUEST
That was a way of character.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
They called us black conservatives in order to dispose of us.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
He and I met him.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
I met Walter Williams back then when I got here.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
I met
Ted CruzHOST
Walter Williams when I was in high school.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
Is that right?
Ted CruzHOST
Yeah, he was...
Clarence ThomasGUEST
That was a way of character.
Clarence ThomasGUEST
They called us black conservatives in order to dispose of us.
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