"Good Intentions" with Walter E. Williams

Walter Williams critiques The War on Poverty, Schooling and more. However, rather than considering the intentions surrounding certain programs, Williams analyzes the success of the programs according to results, and leaves us wondering, are Free Markets preferable in combating America's hardships?
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[@MrAceman82]

RIP Walter Wiliams, his wisdom will live forever

[@billgreenidge6740]

I'm grief stricken.

[@juronin6636]

I swear, people look at me like I am Alex Jones when I try and talk about this stuff.

[@amzyahmed313]

As a black woman when I talk about this people tell me I've become radicalized 😂 the world we live in!

[@Ddboyz465]

LOL

[@thegreatonecometh200]

This is propaganda and when applied in the real world it never works as they say it would ! But right wingers never let evidence get in the way of their arguments

[@codyalmond5936]

Why is that so true

[@NoahBodze]

It's so elementary but we've been schooled out of simplicity and into complexity. Sad. Williams was a genius of common sense.

[@libertyfirst4083]

“If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.” - Henry David Thoreau

[@mikeorclem]

walter is a great American and a hero of mine...along with Thomas sowell they love this country and see the problems holding it back..

[@billgreenidge6740]

America suffers a tremendous loss with the passing of this great man. I just received and started reading his awesome book: " American Contempt For Liberty".

[@ninalower9]

It angers me to know that there are so many brilliant men like Mr Williams that never had a chance to shine, because of low expectations and “good intentions”

[@CarlVandenberg]

Almost 35 years since this film was made...still have the same problems, only worse. Keep voting for big government and we'll keep getting what we vote for.

[@kkampy4052]

The one thing I take away from this is, it's been 30 years since this was made and NOTHING HAS CHANGED! If anything, it's gotten worse. I live near a city public housing complex, every time I drive by there, it's young guys standing around doing nothing and very young girls with babies.

[@1954crc]

How sad it is that he died.I always admired him. He was brilliant!

[@mattw337]

Watchin this is 2020, and alot of the predictions of what these systems were goin to create is haunting, foreboding, and spot on

[@paysonfox88]

May you rest in peace Mr. Walter Williams. 1936-2020. Died last night. I'm so glad you didn't live to see the end of America. I'm not going to be so lucky

[@MrAceman82]

"The road of hell is paved with good intentions". Old proverb, but very true. Thank you Walter for showing us how welfare lead to socialism - misery for everyone. What matters at the end is the outcome, not the good intentions or empathy. Imagine, this was recorded in 1985, when all communists blocks begun to collapse due own unsustainability, and now it is sad when Western societies foolishly embrace socialism thanks to welfare programs. That collective system aka socialism has proven many times as unsustainable and lead to misery.

[@dolphineachonga8724]

I think USA may have to experience it first to understand that's it's not utopia. We tried it in Tanzania, in its extremes where everything was controlled by government. It was called UJAMAA, a Swahili word for communism. Well, eventually the economy collapsed and we learnt our lesson. Now we want as far from it as possible. It seems America will also have to learn through experience.

[@mrhollow8697]

@@dolphineachonga8724 how is your government now?

[@9realitycheck9]

G.O.A.T. -- Dr. Williams speaks TRUTH The world would be a better place if more young persons would watch/listen to Dr. Walter E. Williams, Dr. Thomas Sowell and Larry Elder.

[@StevieSpielz1991]

Rest in Peace to a legend. Walter E. Williams 3.31.1936 - 12.1.2020

[@ManuelBTC21]

RIP Walter E. Williams. Your words fell mostly on deaf ears, but the fight was still worth it. The message is out, but the pain has to get worse before it will be heard.

[@ajaypande6391]

One of the bonus benefits of watching this documentary is you get to see a young(er) Charles Murray. And he's just as sharp as he is now.

[@thebestSteven]

RIP to a great thinker and good man.

[@stevemcgee99]

"Let freedom ring, in the schools, in the job market, in the neighborhoods across the land..." I love it!

[@mourningwarbler]

How to get rid of teacher unions? How to put the P & T back into the PTA? Are teacher unions financing the political campaigns of those on school boards?

[@Lurker1979]

Wish Walter would come out with a remake for lack of a better term. To show what is happening now.

[@sbohandley]

Yeah, maybe collaborate with Thomas Sowell. Those to are dynamite together.

[@bruceohandley2024]

***** So, you have never made a typo have you? Too bad your gammer is fucked up and you didn't start your sentence properly, or put the word "two" in quotation marks. You didn't even properly separate your sentence.

[@truthseeker3397]

Yes!!!!!!

[@Kate98755]

I’ve been hoping for some new content

[@thomasmendola1015]

Suffer No Fools😎

[@Bamometha]

Along with the minimum wage excluding young, inexperienced people from the entry job market, it also forces employers to cut staff numbers with the result of higher workload and stress on the remaining staff, increased mistakes and poor product and service.

[@Bosniake]

RIP Walter

[@scooter17568]

Wish that there were a Walter E. Williams in every college econ dept in the nation!

[@niabothwell6705]

I feel this video is still relevant even today. Good information and a brilliant man.

[@boyceboyce123]

R.I.P Walter E Williams he gave us this awesome classic.

[@pedrokaco]

This is gold, and so important!

[@aquilescontrerasojeda6188]

There is a phrase by Walter E. Williams that says: "matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong"... which book is that quote?

[@carrcorp2]

Good intentions my ass these politicians know exactly what they doing

[@PRINCECOUNTYBEATS]

Osca Carrillo the voters though

[@carrcorp2]

+PRINCECOUNTYBEATS the voters are brainwashed

[@PRINCECOUNTYBEATS]

Osca Carrillo they believe their opinion will benefit the country if implemented, I know you are cynical but you have to take their arguments on good faith, otherwise you will not convince anyone.

[@markwest8960]

My 2 cents....I think the good intentions are mostly the intentions of the liberal voters. Liberal policy makers and politicians have mostly bad interentions........therefore taking advantage of and exploiting the good intentions of the voters. The sooner the voting majority realizes this and changes their voting habits, the sooner their circumstances will change and improve.

[@BrisLS1]

This is quite moving, especially having studied under Dr. Williams at GMU. He was captivating then, and clearly, brilliant in this production many years before my college years.

[@metatron4890]

Why does the left hate his proposals?

[@RobLett]

+Meta tron It's tougher to take your money when you cut the government out the picture. That's why.

[@therealjasonc1243]

Brian O'Neil Such an honor you are very lucky ! Please try to spend as much time as you can with that American treasure !

[@jimhughes1070]

Really!?! No fair! Be a student of Walter Williams wood be stinking awesome!

[@jimhughes1070]

@@metatron4890 because they can't line their pockets

[@lawearsmith9851]

I always said good intentions doesn't make good people this is video was for me if nobody got anything out of it

[@salli4588]

Amazing that this was made in the 80's and we are still dealing with the same problems in 2019.

[@aleishajeffery8103]

salli4588 now 2020 and counting.

[@Gretchaninov]

This is brilliant and clearly explains so many concepts. Walter E Williams, Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman intelligently articulated all of these ideas based on facts and logic decades ago and yet those concepts are perhaps less well understood now than ever before. There's something seriously wrong with our society/politics when the geniuses who follow the evidence and explain what they find in common sense terms are ignored in favour of loud preachers who have no idea what they're talking about. How can anyone even remotely defend the minimum wage laws for a second?

[@LuisOrtiz-xo5kc]

RIP Walter Williams

[@dremarwil6456]

RIP!!!

[@ineedopp]

REST IN PEACE, AMERICA NEEDS MORE MEN LIKE HIM RIGHT NOW!! HIS MIND WAS A TREASURE CHEST!!

[@thomasmendola1015]

When was this made 1984? Shows we failed doesn't it. Go back and watch Freedom to Choose by Milton Friedman back in 1980. All the same arguments. Yet we have traveled further down the road to hell.

[@christophermirkovich7290]

May God bless you sir and your spirit may you rest in peace

[@slyfoxx2973]

Walter Williams 2020!

[@Jekyll_Island_Creatures]

Walter was Ron Paul's VP choice when he ran for president.

[@LovingPrinceTamayuki]

I honestly like Trump with his deregulations but man oh man do we need to abolish Government run schools. And ban all minimum wage laws.

[@LovingPrinceTamayuki]

I honestly like Trump with his deregulations but man oh man do we need to abolish Government run schools. And ban all minimum wage laws.

[@pupsmore3109]

@@LovingPrinceTamayuki he has given school choice to folks.

[@violinalone]

RIP courageous warrior.

[@RSG132]

R.I.P Walter Williams.

[@mrhollow8697]

I work at a discount gerocry store as a cashier. Since I've been there I have been noticing that a lot of people who pay with ebt cards tend to be more aggressive towards there children. Like today a lady snapped at her daughter for not getting some of the bags fast enough and berated her a bit explaining "I pay the bills around here". The daughter was visible hurt by her mother and it's pathetic that these people just have kids just to get a few more money from the government.

[@XericSol]

Old wisdom that is only shown to be more true over time.

[@edwinholcombe2741]

Thank you for the words of wisdom

[@MrA001975]

walter you make proud to be a person God bless you.

[@robertbebee4484]

True American

[@aramagoo]

Attributing good intentions to the government is somewhat naive,true, at the low levels, many social workers and ministerial personnel believe in what they are doing,but executives and academics have what their way.

[@fdpirigyi]

Exactly. The person doing the skimming isn't necessarily good intentioned. However, the law that enables them to steal from the public treasury was put into law with good intentions, or in some worst case scenarios, false reasons when they just want free public money. A federal employee who steals/embezzles public money is committing treason in my opinion.

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

this is a great clip! we unfortunately have the same problem here in the UK except the poverty is directed towards those living in high-rise buildings owned by the local council in some estate thats 3 miles from the nearest town for shopping and work (i'm talking about the Thamesmead Estate in East London which is having some older block of flats based on the streets in the sky concept being demolished).

[@coocoolefool]

55% of Black kids being born out of wedlock? That would be considered a victory now

[@bza069]

walter williams is a boss !!!

[@profeh3346]

Why has only 55k people seen this? Could it be that it doesn’t fit the narrative? I wish the producers and Mr Williams would update this and make the comparisons from the 60s 80s 2000 and today in 2020 to show that nothing has changed unless it has gotten worse.

[@alexitoussaint2777]

rest in peace williams

[@waroftheheartz]

i am from philadelphia and have escaped north philadelphia myself. i feel i was meant to find this video.

[@willpower3317]

RIP WW

[@dwightwhite7838]

Highly informative documentary & only 42,000 views in 6½ years; which amounts to just under 7,000 views a year. How sad, more interested in being entertained than being enlightened.

[@acajudi100]

Excellent!

[@thewilloughby605]

3:40 walter williams with the layup

[@GeraldE]

Walter live long you are Great Man that knows the real story. thanks and Rush thanks you. eyes open "~"

[@NuanceOverDogma]

Share this on social media like Twitter & facebook

[@colemanadamson5943]

Public schools are a bad idea in and of themselves. That is, public schools that take money in any form or value from the state. Only local communities should build and maintain schools and should not be allowed any money from any government.

[@MrDanielfff777]

Good intentions just don't cut it!

[@Savolitutu]

A must-view film in every middle and high school classroom. It is time to reduce the size and power of this monstrosity called the federal government.

[@HeavyK.]

Wow.

[@aleishajeffery8103]

Walter Williams 2020

[@coxchaka]

Unnecessary regulations stop many black businesses from prospering

[@lawearsmith9851]

Wow I didn't know that

[@josephhendricks2073]

👍

[@davidroy1744]

What year was this video made?

[@mrs.schmenkman2858]

One thing about today, the gig economy has destroyed that whole cab monopoly...

[@FlorinBaci]

Not quite shore, the drivers I think make the same amount of income, if they are driving a taxi or an Uber. The procentage that Uber charges doesn't improve the situation, it could but it doesn't. 🤣

[@BryceBro3]

12:52 John Stossel???????

[@bell191991]

12:52 John Stossel

[@happybird4942]

bell191991 Wow. Sharp eye, Bell. Sharp eye.

[@lettyguerra371]

I thought I recognized him waiting for a cab!

[@markcurry3083]

Are you sure that stossel or just a dude with a stache?? Lol

[@MrDanielfff777]

Those computers are... not sure how to describe it

[@EricOther]

Interesting. What are your thoughts?

[@EricOther]

I don't agree with everything he says, but it's good food for thought.

[@carrcorp2]

illbilly What don't you agree with?

[@robertoleedavis674]

@Tomasz...Richie Havens

[@beautifulrose8619]

how has Uber changed the financial situation of cab drivers.

[@FlorinBaci]

I think this kind of people believes that because you don't have to pay the municipality at the very beginning a high fee is different then paying an high procentage to a private company of your income as somehow more suitable... 😜

[@chefstevekirsch]

Is that guy with a light blue shirt a younger Charles Murray?

[@UKtoUSABrit]

Yes

[@FlorinBaci]

Indeed 🤣

[@fredrickm4436]

Update the video clips and some of the numbers and the content in this video will be a commentary of today, only more so.

[@burtoncapps5477]

The very simple Williams explains the minimum wage should used as an argument against it. It squeezes jobs out of the market.

[@CaptNaufragio]

ok

[@zo1dberg]

Vale, WW.

[@JimL1137]

When will this insanity end?

[@lettyguerra371]

When we all pray for the black community

[@paulr.swartz5116]

Former slaves have been citizens for over 150 years here in the United States of America. When are they going to accept that they are Americans and be accepted as Americans, not "African Americans"? With diverse historical heritage, we Americans are all God’s kids. Most discerning people embrace honest productive functioning American citizens. Attitudes preset response to situations. Attitudes demonstrated by some police, criminals, politicians, commentators, and some protestors (rioters) stink. Lack of respect for hemselves and another American’s wellbeing and property is their violation. There are choices and consequences of those choices. Conflicts seem to follow corruption or misunderstandings. Citizens can put on their American rights and responsibilities as mature adults rather than angry children who need discipline. Race discrimination and atrocities, whatever the historical origin, establish no satisfactory conclusion. The past cannot be changed, but we should gain wisdom from the past and beneficially modify present activities to affect America’s future. Continuation of the same mistakes is depressing progress. Violent revenge establishes a cycle of destruction and retribution that is tragic. Revenge is a sharp knife with no handle that cuts whatever it touches. Riot agitators function in 2020 seems to be detrimental domination of this nation’s sustaining form of government. Survival of America is dependent upon the bulk of citizen’s acceptance of each other and support of the intended humane founding principles of this nation. Order is the fabric strength of society. Honest thinking people of all skin colors are Americans and general mutual respect is paramount. Red, Yellow, Black, White and Mixed race poverty will be reduced and wellbeing enhanced by individuals who embrace respect, responsibility, and earn their keep. Such as, one man and one women respecting and loving together, nurturing their children to value honest productive work, education, and freedom from non-effective dominating government intervention. Productive work and honesty will enable an individual’s freedom from the lies false leadership uses to manipulate citizens into poverty while glorifying themselves. The political left promotes the expansion of divisiveness to gain personal elite domination, while regressing government to the feudal structure the United States founding fundamentals overcame.

[@danniislifestyle]

If you take inflation into account, isn't $1 in 1954 worth more than $3.35 in 1984? Therefor the minimum wage merely followed the inflation rate and shouldn't affect the employment rate unless for other external factors?

[@warddan2002]

Daniel Sisay you're missing the point Williams and others make about free markets. If minimum wage laws inhibit the workings of free markets, both employee and employer suffers. If an employer would offer a job at a price an employee would be willing to work, and that price is lower than the arbitrary minimum wage, and minimum wage laws prevent the employer from paying that wage, then both parties lose.

[@alyshahenderson6216]

Why is it such a travesty if children are born out of wedlock?

[@guitarsANDcars39]

Most kids born out of wedlock are not planned out. Hence, bad parenting decisions ends with single mothers relying on government money. Government money is tax money. Who pays the taxes? The US citizens. Country as a whole gets less money.

[@acajudi100]

Once you learn to read, you can educate yourself. You can control not having babies until married, and limiting it to two, with 6 years between the two kids. Get to enjoy your hubby for two years. Open your own stores and shop with each other. It is a disgrace, that you support people, who HATE you. I will never take a Korean Air in life, nor any planes for Australia. No plans for those who are disrespectful, but God has the Karma police, who will pay you a visit. Let go and let God.

[@bailyemmett3970]

Well don't you have it all figured out

[@slappyhappy6192]

Washington DC is 90% black. Of course the majority of cab drivers are black. I love Walter and Sowell and Friedman, but this is just simple demographics. Please respond if you thing somehow I'm wrong on this one point.

[@moribundmurdoch]

Walter E. Williams is cool as beans he is the bee's knees. Sadly, Charles Murrary vitiates everything. His whole failed correlation proves causation thingo in the bell curve was gross. Am I ignorant or am I correct to think Charles Murrary is icky?

[@RyanSpringer1984]

I think it is all a matter of perspective. He has theories that do make sense and other theories that are contested. Vox actually has a somewhat decent article about his policies and their position on them. It is worth a read. Edit: here is the article: www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/4/10/17182692/bell-curve-charles-murray-policy-wrong

[@theliberalnationale5737]

RIP Walter Williams