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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMultimillionaire Ben Carson doesn't want homeless folk to get too 'comfortable' in public housing
Bryce Covert @brycecovertBen Carson is pretty convinced that public housing and homeless shelters are too comfy http://nyti.ms/2p58l6a
Garance Franke-Ruta @thegarance
>>>an "apartment complex for veterans"
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Multimillionaire Ben Carson doesn't want homeless folk to get too 'comfortable' in public housing (Original Post)
bigtree
May 2017
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Orrex
(63,172 posts)1. Someone should appoint him HUD Secretary, and quick!
Initech
(100,038 posts)2. Don't get too comfortable in your job, Ben....
Orsino
(37,428 posts)3. No, that's not what compassion means.
A repurposing of language like that is what makes Carson a good fit for the Trump Administration.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)4. Typical of the slave masters
negro in the field trying to get more work out of the field slaves for massa and his bottom, bottom line. All he needs is a whip in hand while saying shit like this. Perfect uncle tom surrogate.
RDANGELO
(3,432 posts)5. Another empty headed narcicist,
who has a total lack of empathy for other human beings. He is obviously a very smart man, but he doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.