"In Carson's worldview,
the poors should never get their grubby little fingers on any type of government assistance because it makes then moochers of the worst kind. But when we look at the facts of his own life, a common theme emerges regarding the welfare state.
Reading is for Snobs: Welfare Recipient Ben Carson Complains About Welfare Recipients On The View
See here's the thing, though. It turns out that for some strange reason, the evil welfare system didn't seem to destroy the incentive for
his own mother to go out and make things better for her and her family:
No doubt, Mother Carson deserves tremendous credit, but – in the words of a political sound bite from the last presidential election – she didn’t do it alone. 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.”
What a lying liar. He's so typical of right wingers who have used government assistance to advance their own lives and then want to destroy it for others..."
Welfare Recipient Ben Carson Deserved His Welfare But Nobody Else Deserves Theirs
