BEN CARSON IS THE HEAD OF HUD, THE HOUSING COMPONENT OF
OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS A LITTLE WORRYING,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER HIS THOUGHTS ON THE DISADVANTAGED;
THOSE WHO COME FROM A LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
WHAT DOES BEN CARSON THINK OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY?
WELL, HERE HIS ANSWER DURING A RECENT TOWN HALL THAT AIRED
ON SERIOUS XM JUST LAST NIGHT.
I THINK POVERTY, TO A LARGE EXTENT, IS ALSO A STATE OF MIND.
SOMEONE WHO HAS THE RIGHT MINDSET, YOU CAN TAKE EVERYTHING
FROM THEM, AND PUT THEM ON THE STREET, AND I GUARANTEE YOU GIVE
THEM A LITTLE WHILE, THEY WILL GET BACK UP THERE.
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
40 HOURS A WEEK, BUT YET CANNOT PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR
FAMILIES, IT IS BECAUSE THAT ñ
BECAUSE OF THAT MINDSET THAT THEY HAVE.
IF THEY JUST THINK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, ALL OF A
SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THEIR HIGHER-UPS AT WALMART MIGHT PAY
THEM THIS HUGE SALARY, AND THEN THEY WILL BE LIVING IN WEALTH.
IT'S THEIR MINDSET, IT'S NOT A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN SET UP TO
WORK AGAINST THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT'S JUST THEIR MINDSET.
LET'S BLAME THE VICTIMS INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON ALL
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RIGGED THIS SYSTEM AGAINST THE AVERAGE
AMERICAN.
ALSO, I READ AN ARTICLE THAT POINTED OUT WHAT BEN CARSON IS A
SORT OF ALLUDING TO IS IN FACT THE PLOT TO TRADING PLACES A
LITTLE BIT, AND DAN ACKROYD YOU WILL RECALL, HIS CHARACTER
IN THAT MOVIE DID NOT ACTUALLY RISE UP TO THE TOP, I THINK
THAT HE BECAME SORT OF SUICIDAL BY THE END.
HE DID BECOME SUICIDAL, AND STRESS UP AS A SANTA WHILE
DRUNK, AND HE ATE SALMON THAT HAD BEEN IN HIS BEARD.
DIDN'T WORK.
THAT SAID, THEY DO RUIN RANDOLPH AND MORTIMER WHO ARE THE DUKES
WHO SET THE ORIGINAL BET, AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, LATER, IN
A CAMEO IN THE MOVIE COMING TO AMERICA, RANDOLPH AND MORTIMER
ARE STILL LIVING IN THE STREET, AND IT ISN'T UNTIL THE PRINCE OF
ZAMUNDA GIVES THEM A BUNCH OF MONEY OUT OF NOWHERE, THAT
THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE BACK, AND WHAT WAS THAT?
LITERALLY A GOVERNMENT HANDOUT, ALBEIT FROM THE KINGDOM OF
ZAMUDA.
THANK YOU, CASE CLOSED.
GOT A BUNCH OF CLAPS.
THANK YOU, IT'S TRUE.
BUT YEAH, THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.
HE DOES A LOT WRONG, ONE THING HE IS DOING WRONG IS
GROSSLY MISCHARACTERIZING THE LIFESTYLE AFFORDED YOU BY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROGRAMS.
HE MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SIT THERE ñ
HE MAKES IT SOUND LIKE EVERYONE WHO WAS ON A SOCIAL SAFETY
NET PROGRAM SITS THERE AND SAYS, THAT'S ALL I NEED IN THE WORLD,
I DON'T WANT ANY BETTER THAN THIS AND I DON'T NEED TO WORK.
EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NEED TO WORK TO RECEIVE A LOT OF THESE
BENEFITS.
RIGHT.
AND THERE'S A LOT IN YOUR WAY, AND SURE, IF THERE'S
SOMEONE SITTING THERE THINKING THAT'S ALL THEY NEED, THAT
PERSON MIGHT EXIST, THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE HERE.
HE'S NOT SYMBOLIC OF THE GENERAL POPULATION, AND UNFORTUNATELY,
THAT'S THE MISCHARACTERIZATION THAT WE SEE IN REGARD TO
THE DISADVANTAGED IN THIS COUNTRY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE USE THEIR FOOD STAMPS TO GO TO WHOLE
FOODS AND BUY LOBSTER DINNERS.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
THAT IS A WAY OF DEMONIZING THE MOST DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE
IN THE COUNTRY, JUST SO THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY CAN CONTINUE HOARDING THE WEALTH FOR THEMSELVES,
SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A SYSTEM THAT
ALLOWS THEM TO PAY LESS IN TAXES, PERCENTAGEWISE, THEN
EVERY SINGLE PERSON SITTING ON THIS STAGE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
THE AUDACITY OF THIS GUY, TO SAY THAT POVERTY IS A MINDSET,
POVERTY IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU DON'T THINK
ABOUT YOU KNOW, DOING BETTER FOR YOURSELF.
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS.
EILEEN, THE CEO PAY IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THINK ABOUT
THE RECENT ARMS DEAL WITH SAUDI ARABIA.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SOLD THE ARMS DEAL TO SAUDI
ARABIA AS A WAY OF MAKING MORE JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO, FORCE BOEING, AND ALL OF THESE HUGE WEAPONS
MANUFACTURERS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS DEAL, AND GUESS WHAT?
EVEN THOUGH THEIR REVENUE GOES UP EVERY YEAR, THEY HAVE BEEN
CUTTING HUNDREDS OF JOBS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN SOME CASES.
WHY DO THAT?
WHY ARE THEY CUTTING JOBS IF THEY ARE MAKING MORE MONEY
THAN EVER BEFORE?
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN, DON'T
CARE ABOUT THEIR LIVELIHOOD, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN.
AND IF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DID CARE, THEY WOULD NOT
HAVE APPOINTED BEN CARSON TO THIS POSITION.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY, I GET THAT, BUT WHAT
HE'S DOING IS HE IS BUYING INTO A STEREOTYPE ABOUT THE
SERVICE THAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDING; THE ONE THAT
HE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING
OF, WHICH HE SHOWS HE ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT HAVE COME HE
ACTUALLY LACKS IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE RESPONDED ON TWITTER ABOUT THIS, AND I FOUND
ROBERT REICH, WHO WAS THE LABOR SECRETARY UNDER BILL
CLINTON, WHO SAID THAT 24 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING UNDER
POVERTY JUST NEED BETTER ATTITUDES AND THEY WILL
HAVE FOOD IN THEIR BELLIES AND ROOFS OVER THEIR HEADS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT BEN CARSON IS TRYING TO SAY, BUT THAT'S
NOT THE REALITY.
WHAT BEN CARSON NEEDS TO DO IS RESHAPE A LOT OF THOSE
STEREOTYPES THAT MERIT ñ THAT A LOT OF AMERICANS BELIEVE.
HE IS FURTHER STIGMATIZING THE POOR.
IT IS NOT JUST CHILDREN THAT NEED A BETTER MINDSET.
IF HE WANTS TO DESCRIBE AN ATTITUDE, AT LEAST COME UP
WITH SOME SYSTEMS THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
YOU THINK HAVE BAD ATTITUDES TO GET THE ATTITUDE THAT YOU
THINK IS THE PROBLEM ñ IS THE SOLUTION.
YEAH, HE'S OUT THE SECRETARY OF ATTITUDE ASSESSMENTS.
I JUST ñ ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENTS.
I JUST THINK THAT HE IS THE SMARTEST IDIOT IN THE WORLD.
HE IS A RENOWNED BRAIN SURGEON, HEAD OF SURGERY AT JOHNS
HOPKINS, WHATEVER, AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS ISN'T BRAIN
SURGERY, IT'S NOT, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE HIM TO JUST GO
BACK TO BRAIN SURGERY.
JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE SMART WITH NEUROSCIENCE, OR BEING A
BRAIN SURGEON DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU
SHOULD BE THE HEAD OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
IT FEELS LIKE IT IS A LIMITED MINDSET OF TRUMP, WHO IS A
BRANDING PERSON.
HE'S LIKE, WHAT BLACK PEOPLE DO I KNOW?
AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SHITTY, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF
THAT SHOWS THAT DONALD TRUMP IS MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN
THAT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND WHAT EXPERIENCE DOES THE SURGEON FROM JOHNS HOPKINS
HAVE IN THIS AREA?
AND I THINK HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN SAYING STUFF LIKE THIS, AND
MAKING THE RIGHT FRIENDS FROM IT.
AND BECAUSE HE SAYS THAT, HE SEEMS APPEALING.
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT SOMEONE TO SAY, AND FOLKS
TO BELIEVE HIM.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE SAID IT.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK POINT;
FOR ALL OF THOSE RURAL AMERICANS WHO VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP
BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE LEFT BEHIND, THEY FELT LIKE
THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION WE HAVE IS WORKING FOR
THEM, HOW DO YOU LIKE THESE APPLES?
HOW DO YOU LIKE WHAT SOMEONE LIKE BEN CARSON THINGS
ABOUT YOU, IF YOU LOST YOUR JOB IN A FACTORY, OR YOU ARE NO
LONGER ABLE TO SECURE A JOB MINING FOR COAL, HOW DO YOU
LIKE HEARING THIS FROM BEN CARSON, WHO THINKS, HEY,
YOU LOST YOUR JOB OR YOU GOT LAID OFF OR YOU ARE LIVING
IN POVERTY BECAUSE IT'S YOUR MINDSET?
AND TO THAT DEGREE, WHAT THIS COMES DOWN TO FOR ME IS A
LACK OF EMPATHY ON HIS PART, BECAUSE HE IS NOT ABLE TO
EMPATHIZE WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND SEE THEIR SITUATIONS.
WHAT HE CITED ALSO IN THIS SERIOUS XM INTERVIEW, HE TALKS
ABOUT HIS MOTHER, AND HOW HIS MOTHER WORKED THREE JOBS, AND
HIS EXPERIENCE, AND BASICALLY SAYING, HE SAID IF EVERYONE HAD
MY MOTHER, IF ñ TO ANSWER EVERYONE ñ
ONE SURE IS A WONDERFUL WOMAN, THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE IN
POVERTY, BUT IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.
IT WORKED OUT FOR YOU, YOU ARE A RENOWNED BRAIN SURGEON,
THAT'S AWESOME, BUT THAT IS NOT THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL AMERICANS.
AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 15 MILLION CHILDREN, AND THIS COMES
AFTER THE BUDGET CALLS FOR MASSIVE CUTS TO THE URBAN AND
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, SAID YOU HAVE GOT TO GO TO BAT FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE PUT UP TO SERVE.
IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS HOW HE THIS SERIOUS INTERVIEW REDUCES
IT DOWN TO IN THIS SERIOUS INTERVIEW.
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