As I said, he has always had a staff to assist editorially with a large volume of writing, to handle his speaking and appearance arrangements (which consitutes a taxable business entity) and to run his charitable non-profit business. It’s rather stingy not to want to recognize how hard he has always worked over and above his hospital appointment.
Hooray to Dr Carson if he actually hired people and created some jobs. With 94 million American adults without jobs, we can use every help.