Ben Carson Says Poverty Is A ‘State Of Mind’

[Sun Devil 92]

We should strip him of all his money and throw him back into the ghetto. Only then will we see if he means it or not.

You are no longer worth a response.

Why don't you let your brain work....think about it....have we done anything to solve poverty by throwing money at it ?

No.....why not ? You might just ponder that question instead of jumping on the dumbass bandwagon.

 

[Tom Horn]

Whatever floats your boat

That one didn't float anything but keeping kids up til 3am when they should have been sleeping so they could learn something in school the next day....not that there's anything to learn in the public schools anymore, but at least get something to eat...not that there's anything good to eat there anymore thanks to Mooch.

 

[Slade3200]

Whatever floats your boat

That one didn't float anything but keeping kids up til 3am when they should have been sleeping so they could learn something in school the next day....not that there's anything to learn in the public schools anymore, but at least get something to eat...not that there's anything good to eat there anymore thanks to Mooch.

Go run a program and do it better then. You can cherry pick all the bad examples or failed efforts but that doesn't justify doing nothing. It only justifies a need to do it better.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Whatever floats your boat

That one didn't float anything but keeping kids up til 3am when they should have been sleeping so they could learn something in school the next day....not that there's anything to learn in the public schools anymore, but at least get something to eat...not that there's anything good to eat there anymore thanks to Mooch.

Go run a program and do it better then. You can cherry pick all the bad examples or failed efforts but that doesn't justify doing nothing. It only justifies a need to do it better.

Or doing something totally different.

Of course, you didn't consider that.

Why would you...you are a lefty.

 

[Tom Horn]

Go run a program and do it better then. You can cherry pick all the bad examples or failed efforts but that doesn't justify doing nothing. It only justifies a need to do it better.

How about we eradicate the drug dealers and get the parents off welfare and into good jobs instead. That's what the President wants to do....and yet you're fighting every move he makes....why is that?

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Go run a program and do it better then. You can cherry pick all the bad examples or failed efforts but that doesn't justify doing nothing. It only justifies a need to do it better.

How about we eradicate the drug dealers and get the parents off welfare and into good jobs instead. That's what the President wants to do....and yet you're fighting every move he makes....why is that?

Because he wants to make people accountable....isn't that just awful ?

 

[TheDude]

I realize the truth is hard to take, but he's mostly correct. While there's not a level playing field for all, and there never will be, unless you're a child, elderly, stupid or disabled, if you're poor it's time to look from within.

 

[Slade3200]

Whatever floats your boat

That one didn't float anything but keeping kids up til 3am when they should have been sleeping so they could learn something in school the next day....not that there's anything to learn in the public schools anymore, but at least get something to eat...not that there's anything good to eat there anymore thanks to Mooch.

Go run a program and do it better then. You can cherry pick all the bad examples or failed efforts but that doesn't justify doing nothing. It only justifies a need to do it better.

Or doing something totally different.

Of course, you didn't consider that.

Why would you...you are a lefty.

That's what I just said. Doing something better means making changes, means doing something different you dupe.

 

[Tom Horn]

I'm from the streets of Detroit and would tell everybody here there are thousands of black men and women who get up every morning, clean up, and get to work. Here's a brother, James Robertson, 56, who walked TWENTY ONE MILES TO WORK and back 5 days a week.....When his story came out, citizens pooled their money and bought him a used car and a little cash for gas and insurance. When his neighbors found out they tried to steal his car and rob him. He had to move.

 

[frigidweirdo]

“So is hunger apparently. Let’s Jedi Mind trick ourselves into eating a steak.”

People on Twitter took Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to task after he said that poverty was a “state of mind.”

The neurosurgeon, who previously caught heat for suggesting that slaves who were brought to America were “immigrants,” made the controversial comment during a SiriusXM Radio interview with Armstrong Williams released Wednesday.

”I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind,” said Carson. “You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee you in a little while they’ll be right back up there.”

Carson’s comments sparked anger among Twitter users, including “Star Trek” actor George Takei. Here’s a sampling:

More: Ben Carson Says Poverty Is A ‘State Of Mind,’ Folks On Twitter Give Him A Piece Of Theirs

Well, Carson certainly lit up Twitter with his bizarre comment about poverty. Some very funny and imaginative ones.

Actually I get what he's trying to say. It's easy to twist what he's saying, but it isn't wrong.

Often people in poverty will see no way out, and this will cloud their judgement. The fact that Carson isn't using this is a way of trying to change this mentality by changing the way inner cities work, but just to save money for rich people is that where I have a problem.

 

[Slade3200]

Go run a program and do it better then. You can cherry pick all the bad examples or failed efforts but that doesn't justify doing nothing. It only justifies a need to do it better.

How about we eradicate the drug dealers and get the parents off welfare and into good jobs instead. That's what the President wants to do....and yet you're fighting every move he makes....why is that?

fine with all that. Legalize drugs, tax the shit out of them... and cut taxes/deregulate small businesses. Improving education and opportunity for our young should be a high property as well. It is possible to do multiple things at once.

 

[Lakhota]

If poverty is a 'state of mind' - why do rich people need so much money? Has anyone ever read "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck?

 

[Slade3200]

If poverty is a 'state of mind' - why do rich people need so much money? Has anyone ever read "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck?

Great book and great author... from my home town

 

[S.J.]

I actually think Carson makes a valid point, the message probably could have been delivered a little better, but there is a big problem with the culture and mindset of our poor that can only be solved by better education, community programs, and positive influences to help them understand that anything is possible. There are many many kids out there that have no concept of what the old fashioned "American Dream" is. It would sure be great to bring that spirit back.

Community programs? Like what?

Sports, crafts, arts lead by well rounded mentors... anything that keeps the kids off the streets and out of trouble

And who funds these "programs"? Let me guess...the taxpayers? How about a little parental guidance? Oh, that's right, the parents are too busy dealing (and doing) drugs to be bothered with raising their children.

Yes funded by the tax payers... Many parents are on drugs or working two jobs or beating/neglecting their kids... so if you don't think community programs would benefit our kids and communities then what's your solution? How do you improve "parental guidance"?

Maybe if the liberals would stop giving taxpayer's money to the worthless PARENTS of these neglected kids and spend it on the KIDS instead, the taxpayers wouldn't object so much.

 

[S.J.]

If poverty is a 'state of mind' - why do rich people need so much money?

Ask the Clintons.

 

[Tom Horn]

fine with all that. Legalize drugs, tax the shit out of them... and cut taxes/deregulate small businesses. Improving education and opportunity for our young should be a high property as well. It is possible to do multiple things at once.

They say something has to crack for some light to peek through....sounds like you might give President Trump a chance.....that's all any of us are asking of you.

 

[Tom Horn]

If poverty is a 'state of mind' - why do rich people need so much money? Has anyone ever read "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck?

Sure have and if you understood the story, you'd know they left the dust bowl (the Obama years) and headed to the Golden State for opportunity (the coming Trump years). What you Hillaryites don't get is Trump is going to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN for you too, if you'd shut up and start pulling your own weight.

 

[S.J.]

Go run a program and do it better then. You can cherry pick all the bad examples or failed efforts but that doesn't justify doing nothing. It only justifies a need to do it better.

How about we eradicate the drug dealers and get the parents off welfare and into good jobs instead. That's what the President wants to do....and yet you're fighting every move he makes....why is that?

fine with all that. Legalize drugs, tax the shit out of them... and cut taxes/deregulate small businesses. Improving education and opportunity for our young should be a high property as well. It is possible to do multiple things at once.

You sound like a conservative libertarian. Maybe there's hope for you yet.

 

[JonKoch]

You can be broke without being poor....Barry did that to 92,000.000 Americans when he stopped counting them as unemployed.

After 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies there were 92,000,000 unemployed and you Klowns still want trickle down?


Retirement Among Baby Boomers Contributing To Shrinking Labor Force. According to The Washington Post, many economists agree the shrinking labor force participation rate is largely explained by a demographic shift, wherein "baby boomers are starting to retire en masse"


Demographics have always played a big role in the rise and fall of the labor force. Between 1960 and 2000, the labor force in the United States surged from 59 percent to a peak of 67.3 percent. That was largely due to the fact that more women were entering the labor force while improvements in health and information technology allowed Americans to work more years.

But since 2000, the labor force rate has been steadily declining as the baby-boom generation has been retiring. Because of this, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago expects the labor force participation rate to be lower in 2020 than it is today, regardless of how well the economy does.

In a March report titled "Dispelling an Urban Legend," Dean Maki, an economist at Barclays Capital, found that demographics accounted for a majority of the drop in the participation rate since 2002.

The incredible shrinking labor force

 

[Tom Horn]

You can be broke without being poor....Barry did that to 92,000.000 Americans when he stopped counting them as unemployed.

After 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies there were 92,000,000 unemployed and you Klowns still want trickle down?


Retirement Among Baby Boomers Contributing To Shrinking Labor Force. According to The Washington Post, many economists agree the shrinking labor force participation rate is largely explained by a demographic shift, wherein "baby boomers are starting to retire en masse"


Demographics have always played a big role in the rise and fall of the labor force. Between 1960 and 2000, the labor force in the United States surged from 59 percent to a peak of 67.3 percent. That was largely due to the fact that more women were entering the labor force while improvements in health and information technology allowed Americans to work more years.

But since 2000, the labor force rate has been steadily declining as the baby-boom generation has been retiring. Because of this, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago expects the labor force participation rate to be lower in 2020 than it is today, regardless of how well the economy does.

In a March report titled "Dispelling an Urban Legend," Dean Maki, an economist at Barclays Capital, found that demographics accounted for a majority of the drop in the participation rate since 2002.

The incredible shrinking labor force

TOTAL HORSESHIT. Unemployment at the end of 2008 was 6.8%......4 years later it was as high as 18% and 26% in some areas....worse than the 1930's. And the 2008 debt was $10.6T.....when Barry left office it was $19T. Your lies are tiresome...no, loathsome....you should be deported.