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Donald Trump names Ben Carson for housing and urban development secretary
CBS News ^ | 12/5/2016 | Reena flores

Posted on 12/05/2016 3:53:06 AM PST by usafa92

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1 posted on 12/05/2016 3:53:06 AM PST by usafa92
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To: usafa92

Ok, his bona fides are that he grew up in the projects? This dude has no construction experience, he’s a hoity toity surgeon for God’s sake.


2 posted on 12/05/2016 3:54:50 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

Jack Kemp was HUD Secretary with zero construction experience. He was a congressman and retired NFL quarterback.


3 posted on 12/05/2016 3:56:50 AM PST by peyton randolph (Abraham Lincoln won the GOP nomination on the 3rd ballot at the 1860 convention)
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To: usafa92
Armstrong Williams, told The Hill that Carson wasn’t interested in running a government agency because he’d never served in a federal capacity.

I seem to recall that Carson was interested in running the Executive branch.

4 posted on 12/05/2016 3:57:04 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: peyton randolph

So your argument is that unqualified people have held the position before?


5 posted on 12/05/2016 3:57:57 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

HUD is not in the construction business.


6 posted on 12/05/2016 3:58:20 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: yldstrk

HUD is not in the construction business.


7 posted on 12/05/2016 3:59:38 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: yldstrk

We don’t need to be constructing more public housing, we need to get people off the dole and into apartments or other cheap housing they can pay for.


8 posted on 12/05/2016 4:00:23 AM PST by bigtoona (Make America Great Again! America First!)
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To: yldstrk

He’s a Trump loyalist who checks the “black” box as a member of the cabinet.

And he won’t be out constructing anything. Trump may well have some good underlings to send his way if he really wants to shake up the agency.

I am glad that Ben is taking the post.


9 posted on 12/05/2016 4:02:48 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Sacajaweau

Au contraire mon frere, “housing” “development”.....

What is your characterization of the point of the agency?


10 posted on 12/05/2016 4:03:20 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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So your argument is that unqualified people have held the position before?

So you voted for Hillary? She had lots of government experience. Much more than Trump.

11 posted on 12/05/2016 4:04:37 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: FatherofFive

ROFL!!!


12 posted on 12/05/2016 4:06:29 AM PST by Voluntaryist
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To: usafa92

I’ve revived no such tweet,


13 posted on 12/05/2016 4:06:37 AM PST by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: yldstrk

“Housing and Urban Development” has nothing to do with actual construction. Mostly, their mission (subject to creep, which has gotten us to where we now are) is to provide “safe, sound and sanitary” housing for the persons who cannot provide for the planning and development necessary in their lives to become highly productive citizens, and undertake the burden of actual home ownership. It is a mindset that has been encouraged and even forced in urban regions, contributing to the rot and corruption of municipalities, and general decline of neighborhoods most affected by this source of largesse.

Dr Carson’s mission would be to educate and encourage the reversal of this trend, showing people they CAN leave the projects and find a true upward trajectory in life.


14 posted on 12/05/2016 4:07:42 AM PST by alloysteel (Je suis deplorable.)
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To: usafa92

Lefties won’t be happy

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/23/ben-carson-obamas-housing-rules-try-to-accomplish-/


15 posted on 12/05/2016 4:07:51 AM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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To: FatherofFive

eff no, I wouldn’t vote for that jackass, she was unqualified. Trump was far more qualified, he had actually held a real job in business, knows how to make a dollar. Don’t be daft.


16 posted on 12/05/2016 4:08:17 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

It’s an executive position. Certainly someone with a doctorate can handle that.

Having grown up in the failed projects, he already knows from experience what doesn’t work.

It’s a corrupt agency, from what I’ve seen,seemingly a way for poorly-maintained properties to be supported by the Feds with rules favoring their total decline while the owner gets paid as long as he dances to the Federal tune.

Carson is honest. That in itself may go a long ways. The people living in HUD housing in rural areas, from what I’ve observed, are vulnerable, unprepared for the most part to take responsibility. Carson may or may not be capable of turning the Agency around. Good staff will help a lot.


17 posted on 12/05/2016 4:09:31 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: alloysteel

So HUD is now in the role of psychologist/social worker?


18 posted on 12/05/2016 4:09:33 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: usafa92

Well, that’s it. Trump is showing his true colors now as a racist/misogynist. No blacks and no women appointees. Wait a minute...


19 posted on 12/05/2016 4:09:35 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Gold and Silver are real money. Everything else is a derivative)
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To: reformedliberal

He’s a good person, but he is too peaceable.


20 posted on 12/05/2016 4:10:38 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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