Introduction from a Donald Luskin NRO column (read the whole thing):
Look up the word "vile" in the dictionary and you will find an appropriate description of Paul Krugman’s New York Times column from last Friday
In the column, America’s most dangerous liberal pundit throws a gutter accusation of "bigotry" at President Bush — yes, the man who just appointed his female African American national security advisor as the successor to his African American secretary of State.
Why, in Krugman’s mind, is Bush a bigot? Because the president is seeking to reform Social Security with personal accounts — which, by the way, is the same reform being argued for by Harold Ford, the African American Democratic congressman from Tennessee. In Ford’s words, the existing system "provides a measure of security for retirees, but it cannot be passed on to provide financial security for their children and grandchildren. The key to retirement security and upward social mobility is wealth creation."
Luskin then provides this feedback:
An anonymous reader sends this email, responding to my posting, "Big Black Lies" --
Harold Ford isn't the first prominent African-American to notice that Social Security is a raw deal for minorities. Comedian Chris Rock riffed on Social Security all the way back in 1999, in his comedy special "Bigger & Blacker."
Here's a quote: "You start getting social security at age 65, meanwhile the average black man dies at 54! Black people should get Social Security at 29! Black people don't live that long - hypertension, high blood pressure, NYPD!"
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