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F*O*A*D

On 8/3/14 2:52 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:17:47 -0400, KC wrote:

On 8/3/2014 2:02 PM, wrote:

On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 13:02:28 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

was raised by a single mother...
was raised in public housing...
was fed with food stamps...
was supported with welfare...
was kept healthy with medicaid...
got his eyeglasses from a state agency...
benefited from affirmative action to enter college...
used federal loans and Pell grants in undergrad school...
benefited from affirmative action to enter medical school...
had his med school paid for with grant from USPHS...

...claims government assistance is ruining black American families

Dr. Ben Carson is a political hypocrite.

I guess the difference was he moved on and did not consider public
assistance a lifestyle.

Most of us have no problem with a safety net, we just don't want it to
be a hammock.

And to even consider for a second that harry represented the facts
properly and honestly would be pretty foolish... Just sayin'.

There does seem to be a bit of misdirection if not pure bull**** in
Harry's cut and paste rant.
A guy who graduates high school at the top of his class and performed
as well in undergrad school does not sound like an "affirmative
action" student.
His mother worked at least 2 jobs most of his life and concentrated on
his education.

Harry must be profiling when he assumes there was that much public
assistance. Maybe he is just prejudiced against poor black people.

It's been documented. If you are that interested, it is easy enough to
find. Here's an interesting quote from Carson himself:

Carson, in his book, tells how his grades improved tremendously when a
government program provided him with free eyeglasses because he could
barely see. Not only that, in “Gifted Hands” we read this nugget: “By
the time I reached ninth grade, mother had made such strides that she
received nothing but food stamps. She couldn’t have provided for us and
kept up the house without that subsidy.”