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The Daily Signal
Ben Carson’s
‘Winning Formula’ for a Stronger America
Natalie Johnson
March 04, 2016
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson preached cohesion among Americans,
encouraging individuals to blend capitalism with compassion to create a
“winning formula” that strengthens the nation.
“Conservatives should not be ashamed of capitalism,” Carson said Friday
before a full house during the annual Conservative Political Action
Conference, or CPAC, held right outside Washington, D.C. He added:
We have those who have tried to make [capitalism] sound like a bad
word. It’s not a bad word—it is the highest standard of liberty that
anybody has ever accomplished.
Alluding to socialism, Carson said policies that force individuals into
government dependency are the opposite of compassion.
“The government doesn’t understand what compassion means,” he said.
“They think [it means] patting somebody on the head and saying, ‘There,
there you poor little thing, I’m going to take care of all of your
needs.’”
Americans have to focus on creating a path for individuals who are
dependent on government programs to have the opportunity to join the
“strength and fabric” of the nation, Carson said:
That’s how we become strong as a nation. The fewer people we have to
pull along and the more people who become part of the productive side
of America, the better off it will be for everybody.
The acclaimed neurosurgeon encouraged individuals from all along the
political spectrum to set aside anger and concentrate on having
conversations to discuss differences and find solutions.
Some Americans are angry, he said, but they need to “calm down and use
the amazing intellect that God has given us,” so that fear doesn’t
affect judgment. Carson said:
We the American people are not each other’s enemies. If we’re fighting
each other all the time, then it makes it accessibly easy for those who
really are our enemies—the radical Islamic terrorists—to destroy us.
Why would we make their job easier for them by trying to destroy
ourselves?
Read this and see the video at The Daily Signal
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