He was just trying to express that a good education is a way out of poverty and he gets slammed for it...mercy,,,the cry babies are still with us......
Washington (CNN)Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said in an interview Wednesday that having "the wrong mindset" contributes to poverty.
"I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind," the retired neurosurgeon said during an interview with SiriusXM Radio released on Wednesday evening. "You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there. And you take somebody with the wrong mindset, you could give them everything in the world, they'll work their way right back down to the bottom."
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The former 2016 presidential candidate, who was appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed to his Cabinet post in March, argued parents can help prevent their kids from developing the "wrong mindset."
"A lot of it has to do with what we teach children," he said. "You have to instill into that child the mindset of a winner."
He went to say that "there's also a poverty of spirit. You develop a certain mindset."
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"I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind,"@SecretaryCarson explained to @Aright10:46 AM - 24 May 2017
Carson said the government can provide help to those in need.
"I think the majority of people don't have that defeatist attitude, but they sometimes just don't see the way, and that's where government can come in and be very helpful," he added. "It can provide the ladder of opportunity, it can provide the mechanism that will demonstrate to them what can be done."
Some quickly criticized Carson for his interview,.5:37 PM - 24 May 2017
Washington (CNN)Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said in an interview Wednesday that having "the wrong mindset" contributes to poverty.
"I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind," the retired neurosurgeon said during an interview with SiriusXM Radio released on Wednesday evening. "You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there. And you take somebody with the wrong mindset, you could give them everything in the world, they'll work their way right back down to the bottom."
Ben Carson Fast Facts
The former 2016 presidential candidate, who was appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed to his Cabinet post in March, argued parents can help prevent their kids from developing the "wrong mindset."
"A lot of it has to do with what we teach children," he said. "You have to instill into that child the mindset of a winner."
He went to say that "there's also a poverty of spirit. You develop a certain mindset."
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"I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind,"@SecretaryCarson explained to @Aright10:46 AM - 24 May 2017
Carson said the government can provide help to those in need.
"I think the majority of people don't have that defeatist attitude, but they sometimes just don't see the way, and that's where government can come in and be very helpful," he added. "It can provide the ladder of opportunity, it can provide the mechanism that will demonstrate to them what can be done."
Some quickly criticized Carson for his interview,.5:37 PM - 24 May 2017
