Three of the 16 presidential candidates in the 2016 Republican field are/were people with no political experience – Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, and Donald Trump. They, along with first term Senator Ted Cruz, have managed to garner most of the Republican voter support by running as “Washington Outsiders,” – people who are going to change… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Ben Carson
The biblical tithe is really a capital gains tax, contrary to what Republicans say
… Even among Republicans, Ben Carson has been stirring up some controversy with his intent to model the U.S. tax code after the biblical tithe. His reasoning from his book, “One Nation”: Carson: “No group of American citizens should be singled out for extra taxation and no group should be spared taxation on a federal… Read more »
Does Welfare Really Keep Blacks Down, as Conservatives Say?
… Why, for a while in late 2015, did Dr. Ben Carson consistently poll ahead of every Republican but Trump? In part, it’s because he’s a black man who grew up poor and supposedly has the inside scoop on how government assistance keep blacks down. He recently said, “It’s not compassion to pat them on… Read more »
