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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 24 May 2017

    What causes poverty? A “state of mind,” Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said.https://usat.ly/2qlPQLk 

    8:30 PM - 24 May 2017
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      1. Peggy Shay‏ @PeggyShay 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Stupidity should be painful. Ignorance should come with a shock-collar.

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      1. tmb3469‏ @PepeLasVegas 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Could anyone in world history have chosen more inept personnel than Trump has? It's a national nightmare. Time to wake up and make changes

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      1. Patchouli Woollahra‏ @PatchouliW 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY @shareitarie10

        You know, if Carson had said poverty was caused by 'a lack of money' I would give him more credit than for this.

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      1. Sarcastic (Yooper) Momma‏ @Sarcasm_PhD78 24 May 2017
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        How did this man become a brain surgeon? Because he lacks common sense

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      1. Barbara Jensen‏ @bjens2749 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Shame on Ben Carson for his lack of compassion for those less fortunate.

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      1. CindyLoc‏ @LocBox 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Kids deserve health care, education, food n safe clean affordable housing!

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      1. CindyLoc‏ @LocBox 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Why is corporate welfare ok but not food stamps n chip n snap?

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      1. Jo Portillo‏ @joportillo1231 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        impeach trump and let them feel our state of mind

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      1. C Manselle‏ @shiftypC 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Being a philosopher does not equate to being a good leader. Leaders act for their people out of emotion. Carson has none.

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      1. Elisa Bupara‏ @Iansmotho 24 May 2017
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        Working two jobs to make ends meet and always being hungry is a state of mind? Carson dwells in state of ignorance.

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      1. Jicondo66‏ @Jicondo66 24 May 2017
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        Being a brain surgeon, he must have given himself a lobotomy to remove any signs of all intelligence.

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      1. Sumeeta Uprety‏ @KSumeeta 24 May 2017
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        Can America fire this man?

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      1. Richard Gonzalez‏ @rgelp 24 May 2017
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        "Stupid is as stupid does"

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      2. James Franklin‏ @PickSorleyTrace 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        He's exactly right. Most poor people are constantly negative, lazy with no work ethic. If they weren't, they wouldn't be in poverty

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Phung H. Le‏ @Phung_Leeeezy 24 May 2017
        Replying to @PickSorleyTrace @USATODAY

        My family was poor and my parents worked their ass off to feed their children. You probably couldn't relate.

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. James Franklin‏ @PickSorleyTrace 24 May 2017
        Replying to @Phung_Leeeezy @USATODAY

        Probably lived beyond their means and had too many kids they couldn't afford to have

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Phung H. Le‏ @Phung_Leeeezy 24 May 2017
        Replying to @PickSorleyTrace @USATODAY

        We all can't be entitled born with a silver spoon in a white suburbia bubble.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. James Franklin‏ @PickSorleyTrace 24 May 2017
        Replying to @Phung_Leeeezy @USATODAY

        My parents were lower middle class. I work my ass off 4 everything i got & im tired of my taxes going to people sitting on asses on welfare

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Gina Gregoire‏ @kangaroojill2 24 May 2017
        Replying to @PickSorleyTrace @Phung_Leeeezy @USATODAY

        And if you should lose your job will you be considered a lazy ass if you need assistance?

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      1. CindyLoc‏ @LocBox 24 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Why do poor kids, families stigmatized like they asked to be poor

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