Monday, December 05, 2016
He once lived in public housing
And now believes that others should not get the same benefit he did. Ben Carson, Brain Surgeon and Thoroughly Incompetent Human Being has been named as The Great Orange Fungus's choice for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
“Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities,” Mr. Trump said in a statement Monday morning. “We have talked at length about my urban renewal agenda and our message of economic revival, very much including our inner cities.”The only possible hope is that Dr. Ben is too unqualified to act upon GOF's agenda, which likely consists of tearing down all low cost housing and putting up more gold plated Trump Towers.
“Ben shares my optimism about the future of our country and is part of ensuring that this is a presidency representing all Americans,” he added. “He is a tough competitor and never gives up.”
With no experience in government or running a large bureaucracy, Mr. Carson, 65, publicly waffled over whether to join the administration. He will oversee an agency with a $47 billion budget, bringing to the job a philosophical opposition to government programs that encourage what he calls “dependency” and engage in “social engineering.”
He has no expertise in housing policy, but he did spend part of his childhood in public housing, said a close friend, Armstrong Williams, and he was raised by a dauntless mother with a grammar-school education. In his autobiography he stressed that individual effort, not government programs, were the key to overcoming poverty.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development oversees programs that provide vouchers and other rental assistance for five million low-income families, fights urban blight and helps struggling homeowners stave off foreclosures.
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I never see reporters asking him about his stance on food stamps. In his autobiography he stated that at one point things were so tough that his mother overcame he stiff-necked pride and accepted food stamps for a time. He stated that only this outside help allowed them to survive. Now he says he wants to end food stamps. I'm not clear on his reason, but I think he says they make people depend on the government instead of their own hard work. He should be asked if he thinks he and his siblings and his mother became dependent on the government. He should be asked if he thinks he and his siblings and his mother are simply morally superior to other people. Oh, the hell with it.
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