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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 25 May 2017

    Housing Secretary Ben Carson says poverty is caused by a "state of mind."https://usat.ly/2qlPQLk 

    7:08 AM - 25 May 2017
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      2.  🌵AZ SAR  🌊 #VoteBlue‏ @New2018World 25 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Carson obviously gave himself a lobotomy, removing the supramarginal gyrus part of the cerebral cortex, which is responsible for empathy.

        1 reply 4 retweets 12 likes
      3. Cherrye Bess, M.Div.‏ @yvonnebess 25 May 2017
        Replying to @New2018World @USATODAY

        What part of the brain is responsible for common sense?

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      4.  🌵AZ SAR  🌊 #VoteBlue‏ @New2018World 25 May 2017
        Replying to @yvonnebess @USATODAY

        Logic and abstract thought are carried out primarily in the neocortex.

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      2. Willcharmom  🌊‏ @willcharmom 25 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Your dad is diagnosed w/schizophrenia and loses job, mom goes to work for min.wage. I go to work at 15 to help. Yeah, it was all in my head

        2 replies 2 retweets 13 likes
      3. Linda‏ @lindacoffland 25 May 2017
        Replying to @willcharmom @USATODAY

        I think you miss the point did you have food , a roof over your head people who loved you? No

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Cherrye Bess, M.Div.‏ @yvonnebess 25 May 2017
        Replying to @lindacoffland @willcharmom @USATODAY

        We are talking about poverty.iNot having enough. Living below standard. You will need to think your way out of it but thoughts didn't cause

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Linda‏ @lindacoffland 28 May 2017
        Replying to @yvonnebess @willcharmom @USATODAY

        I never been rich, always taken a Paulie Anna attitude thank for what I have, sight, health, roof, food. Still think its mind. We can cloose

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Cherrye Bess, M.Div.‏ @yvonnebess 28 May 2017
        Replying to @lindacoffland @willcharmom @USATODAY

        There are systems in some socio-economics that do not allow choice. However, the "choice" to get out of that system is more than a thought.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Lori‏ @LoriSums 25 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Note to @SecretaryCarson they sell duct tape for $5 at any hardware store. Stop by and pick some up for your mouth --❤️ America

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      2. Nancy‏ @nazayna55 25 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        It still baffles me that he actually ran for President...on the other hand no it doesn't cause look who we ended up with!

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      1. John Lynch‏ @mrjelynch 25 May 2017
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        Really? So he thinks he can make something appear out of nothing? What about the poor disabled? So the poor just don't care enough?

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      1. Keith Boney‏ @KeithBoney 25 May 2017
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        State of mind = $34 million

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      1. Claudia‏ @cjweather13 25 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        #clueless

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      1. Julia Vallati‏ @judalval 25 May 2017
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        he is stupid

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      2. Sylvia Ireland‏ @SylviaOlgairel1 25 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        So right! People pulled theirselves out of proverty, by sure wit, determination,courage,faith and pure conviction!

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Nathan Ingram‏ @InGramWeTrust 25 May 2017
        Replying to @SylviaOlgairel1 @USATODAY

        Themselves*

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      2. mike currie‏ @joefromaggio 25 May 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        U have a small business then a Walmart moves in. Instant demise

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Linda‏ @lindacoffland 25 May 2017
        Replying to @joefromaggio @USATODAY

        I understand, you'll have to come up with something Wal Mart can't . good luck, I always try hard to support my locals

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      4. mike currie‏ @joefromaggio 25 May 2017
        Replying to @lindacoffland @USATODAY

        Lower prices

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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