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Ben Carson calls poverty a state of mind during interview
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ben-carson-calls-poverty-%e2%80%98a-state-of-mind%e2%80%99-during-interview/ar-BBBuGZN?li=BBnb7KzIn an interview released Wednesday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said that a "certain mindset" contributes to people living in poverty, pointing to habits and a "state of mind" that children take from their parents at a young age.
"I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind. You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there," he said during an interview on SiriusXM Radio with Armstrong Williams, a longtime friend.
The secretary said that he believes that government can provide a "helping hand" to people looking to climb out of poverty. But he warned against programs that are "sustaining them in a position of poverty. That's not helpful."
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Ben Carson calls poverty a state of mind during interview (Original Post)
Alt-Orange
May 2017
OP
Ben Carson also said slaves immigrated to America. The Constitition says they were imported.
Marcuse
May 2017
#2
He thinks if he whispers we won't hear stupid the BS is that comes out of his mouth.
BigmanPigman
May 2017
#3
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. Shut up Carson!!
Marcuse
(7,479 posts)2. Ben Carson also said slaves immigrated to America. The Constitition says they were imported.
He is staying on message: Endeavor to persevere! Resistance is futile!
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/98816752/
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)3. He thinks if he whispers we won't hear stupid the BS is that comes out of his mouth.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)4. I will always find it hard to believe this man was any kind of doctor
*HE IS SO FUCKING STUPID*
shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)5. He read that
On the inner walls of the pyramids after the grain was removed.
area51
(11,907 posts)6. "I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there,"
Oh, really?
How about we prove it by experimenting on you, Carson?
Nitram
(22,791 posts)7. What a total putz. His mind is way too shallow to have a "state of mind."
NickB79
(19,233 posts)8. I wonder how all the poor conservatives who voted for Trump feel about this
He basically called anyone who's poor either stupid or lazy, and blamed their poverty on that factor.