On hunting song birds with the 10 bore and other comedy bits

Cafe Hayek - where orders emerge

Don receives a letter from an insistent college student equipped with an air tight argument. Perhaps he should leave some room to breath. Don handily dispatches him with a 10 bore. Dandy shootin' Don!

"Here’s a letter to a new and quite insistent correspondent.  This correspondent tells me that he’s a college student, but he’s yet to say what college he attends.  (One thing is certain: he’s no GMU Econ student.)

Mr. Jared Jordan

Mr. Jordan:

Thanks for your follow-up e-mail challenging me to “rebut” what you describe as your professor’s “air tight argument that Walmart imposes costs on taxpayers” because “it [Walmart] refuses to pay its workers enough for them to break out of welfare.”

This argument is completely nonsensical; no competent economist gives it any credence.  (You don’t say what this professor of yours teaches.  If it’s economics, you deserve a tuition refund.)  As it happens I’ve addressed this argument several times; see the links below.*"

You will need to go read the rest. Be assured it is worth the read. 

PS, if you find even feathers from our intrepid student please advise!