Dr. Ben Carson is a bad choice for what HUD has been doing but an excellent choice for what HUD ought to do. Once again, a good choice by President Trump.
To be eliminated? :o
Can you explain that a bit?
Agreed.
Agreed. Functions of HUD: “it runs or participates in many programs intended to support homeownership, increase safe and affordable rental housing, reduce homelessness and fight housing discrimination”.
One of the best things that can be done is to get people OUT of public housing, and who better to do that than a black man who has risen from that very humble origin to become tops in his field and a Presidential candidate?
People need to stop pissing their pants with every person Trump picks and realize these are huge federal bureaucracies with large staffs of skilled workers who run them, day in and day out, Republican or Democrat in the White House. We can argue that the bureaucracy needs to be downsized but Congress passed the laws that put it there and Congress is going to need to act to reduce it.
Meanwhile the person at the top, the Cabinet officer, has to be a person who can translate the President’s vision and expectations down to the bureaucracy. The Executive branch oversees HUD but it’s money comes from Congress, so a person who can and will work hand-in-glove with the legislative agenda is the best way to achieve the outcomes we all hope to see (smaller government, lower taxes, less dependency on gov’t programs). Dr. Carson is a good choice.
What HUD ought to do is disband, close up shop, and vanish entirely.