Ben Carson in America the Beautiful, by Dr. Ben Carson, M.D. On Abortion: Persuaded mother of hydrocephalic baby to cancel abortion A few years ago, I was consulted by a woman who was 33 weeks pregnant with a baby who had been diagnosed by ultrasound to have hydrocephalus or water on the brain. She was on her way to Kansas at the recommendation of her local obstetrician to have an abortion, as Kansas was the only state that would allow a baby to be aborted that was perfectly viable outside the womb without life support. I discussed with her in great detail the implications of having a baby with hydrocephalus, and I discussed with her the many options that were available. In the end, she decided to complete the pregnancy, and we were able to place a shunt in the baby after it was born to divert excess fluid away from the brain.

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Although the baby had some developmental delays, she continues to thrive today. There were many premature infants in our neonatal intensive care unit who were several weeks younger than the baby in question. Why was it difficult to defend a baby that was 5 weeks further along in development?

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Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p. 99-100 Jan 24, 2012 On Budget & Economy: 1990s deregulation paved way for 2008 economic meltdown Some degree of government regulation is necessary for our large financial institutions to prevent the kinds of tragedies that occurred during and immediately after the great stock market crash of 1929 and again in 2008. The real shame is that we did not recognize the importance of financial regulation after the great crash of 1929 and appropriately developed safeguards in the 1930s. Unfortunately, we decided to deregulate during the 1990s, paving the way for the economic meltdown in 2008.

When it comes to defending the economic viability of our nation, ir is na‹ve to count on the honesty and integrity of people responsible for our markets when they stand to gain so much by manipulating the system to their advantage. If we become paranoid and overregulate the financial markets, however, we will not see peak performances from them. This is one of the reasons that a balance of viewpoints in our legislative bodies is not only healthy but also necessary.

Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p. 78-79 Jan 24, 2012 On Budget & Economy: Cut every agency spending by 10%, with no exceptions Both Democrats and Republicans have strayed so far from the path of responsible financial policy that the concept of balancing the budget is foreign to them. I believe many of them simply cannot grasp the concept of only spending what you have. I do understand that making budgetary cuts will be painful, but it will not be nearly as painful as going bankrupt!

I believe the logical approach would be to have each governmental agency and department trim its budget by 10% - with no exceptions. In each subsequent year, another 10% decrease would be required and would continue as long as necessary to bring the budget back into balance. This would mean there would be no sacred cows and no sparing of entitlements.

No politician, agency, or special interest group could cry foul. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.108-109 Jan 24, 2012 On Civil Rights: 1960s: experienced racism in inner-city Boston and Detroit I grew up in inner-city Detroit and Boston at the tail end of one of those dark periods in America's history. Slavery had long been abolished, but widespread racism remained. The civil rights movement was on the verge of completely transforming the social landscape, but such change often comes slowly.

And today, decades later, I can still pinpoint the moment when I came of age regarding racism in America. My brother and I were playing in Franklin Park in the Roxbury section of Boston when I wandered away alone under a bridge, where a group of older white boys approached me and began calling me names.

'Hey, boy, we don't allow your kind over here,' one of them said. He looked at the others. 'Let's drown him in the lake.' I could tell they weren't just taunting me, trying to scare me. They were serious, and I turned and ran from there faster than I had ever run before in my life.

It was a shocking introduction for a little boy to the racism that ran through America at the time. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p. 12 Jan 24, 2012 On Civil Rights: Reparations for WWII Japanese ok, but not for slavery I can understand the idea of reparations for the Japanese-American families who were unjustly interned during WWII.

In that case, corrective action was taken at a time when many of the victims could actually benefit from it. In the case of slavery, however, there are neither slaves not slave owners currently living, so it seems unfair to require people who had nothing to do with slavery to pay for it. I understand the argument that the descendants of slave owners inherited property and large sums of money accumulated through slave labor, and are thus obligated to share the proceeds with the descendants of slaves. There is some legitimacy to such an argument, but no one can really quantify the percentage of assets derived from slave labor in order to distribute them. Furthermore, where do you draw the line for reparations in the past? Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.101-102 Jan 24, 2012 On Civil Rights: Not all black candidates share Obama's left-wing politics The election of Barack Obama as the 1st black president in 2008 was a momentous occasion and signaled the fact that race was no longer a barrier to election to the highest office in the land.

However, people still disagree about whether or not the US remains racially divided. In the national election of 2012, we will have a wonderful opportunity to really see whether we have largely vanquished racism in America. Part of that final shift will require white Americans to set behind them the notion that most black candidates running for office share the same political left-wing leanings held by President Obama, and to embrace the process of scrutinizing candidates' positions rather than simply making assumptions about them. Doing so will help confirm that the evil of racism is losing its hold on this nation once defined by it.

Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.163-164 Jan 24, 2012 On Civil Rights: Redefining marriage is slippery slope with disastrous ending As a Bible-believing Christian, you might imagine that I would not be a proponent of gay marriage. I believe God loves homosexuals as much as he loves everyone, but if we can redefine marriage as between two men or two women or any other way based on social pressures as opposed to between a man and a woman, we will continue to redefine it in any way that we wish, which is a slippery slope with a disastrous ending, as witnessed in the dramatic fall of the Roman Empire. I don't believe this to be a political view, but rather a logical and reasoned view with long-term benefits to family structure and the propagation of humankind. When children grow up in an environment with loving parents who provide security, they are free to be happy and playful and eager to learn.

God obviously knew what he was doing when he ordained the traditional family, and we should not denigrate it in order to uplift some alternative. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.182 Jan 24, 2012 On Civil Rights: Legal binding relationship for gays to enjoy property rights Despite opposing a redefinition of marriage, I have no problem whatsoever with allowing gay people to live as they please, as long as they don't try to impose their lifestyle on everyone else. Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it. If gays or non-gays wish to have some type of legal binding relationship that helps with the adjudication of property rights and other legal matters, I certainly have no problem with that, but to equate that with marriage is going further than necessary. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.182 Jan 24, 2012 On Civil Rights: Free speech is wonderful, but hate speech causes actual harm Of all the wonderful freedoms that characterize life here in America, freedom of speech is one of the most important. This was most dramatically demonstrated in a recent Supreme Court decision, which upheld the rights of members of the Westboro Baptists Church to display extremely offensive signs and shout obscenities during funeral services for veterans. They are an intolerant hate group that despises homosexuality and are angry with the military because gays are allowed to serve.

There is almost no one who agrees with the Westboro Church, but because of the Supreme Court's decision to strictly interpret the Constitution, the rights of the church members could not be denied. I actually have some doubts about that legal decision, because the signs, obscenity, and noise infringe upon the rights of other Americans to assemble peacefully for the burial of one of their loved ones. If my right to free speech causes you actual harm, it becomes time to curtail my speech. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.186 Jan 24, 2012 On Corporations: Tithing teaches about not hoarding as capitalist greed Greed can manifest itself within the capitalist system. Unfortunately, however, greed is a significant drawback for ANY economic model, including communism and socialism. No one can justify ascribing a flaw in human character to one economic model or another, for greed is a human weakness seen in all societies. In the Bible, God instituted a system of tithing, which meant giving 10% of one's profits back to God.

Since God is all powerful and owns everything, he certainly does not need any percentage of our profits. So why did he institute tithing? Could it be that he understood that all human beings are subject to greed and that by requiring them to give away 10% of their profits they might learn a valuable lesson about not hoarding and about voluntarily sharing with others? Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.

68 Jan 24, 2012 On Corporations: Highest corporate tax rate causes highest national debt Our corporate tax rate is the second highest in the world. The only country with a higher corporate tax rate is Japan, which just so happens to also be the only country with a greater national debt than we have. Is that coincidence or evidence of cause and effect? I suspect the latter. By being shortsighted and greedy, our government is driving businesses to other countries, which deprives our people not only of jobs, but our government of vital income. If a low proportional tax rate is applied to everyone, including corporate entities, the flow of jobs and income would be into our nation rather than out of our nation.

This is not complex economic theory, but rather common sense. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.122 Jan 24, 2012 On Crime: Motorcyclists not wearing helmets consume medical resources On numerous occasions, a motorcyclist with no helmet on would whiz past us, seemingly without a care in the world. I had to fight feelings of anger as I thought about how often I was awakened at 2 AM to respond to a severe head trauma case from a motorcyclist who was not wearing a helmet. That motorcyclist had every right to neglect his own safety, and at that time, that right was protected by law. Subsequently, helmet laws were enacted, much to the displeasure of many motorcyclists, but to the great relief of many health-care practitioners. The ramifications of such irresponsible behavior by those motorcyclists extend far beyond the inconvenience suffered by people like me who had to take care of them. Sometimes the head injuries were very severe.

Few people stop to philosophize about whether the victims have a right to consume enormous amounts of medical resources. We do not discuss the behavior that created the problem, and we generally do not discuss the price of treatment. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.141-142 Jan 24, 2012 On Crime: Imagine the mayhem if all police protection were removed I have great admiration for the police, who risk their lives on a daily basis to protect our lives, freedom, and property.

Remove all police protection in our society for just a day, and imagine the mayhem that would ensue. Sure, corruption exists in some police departments, because police officers are human beings like the rest of us; give power to human beings and corruption naturally follows.

But police provide far greater good than bad in our society. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.167 Jan 24, 2012 On Crime: Excessive litigation would end with 'loser pays' arrangement We have an overabundance of lawyers and so we can expect to have excessive litigation. The English system does not have the same kind of problem with excessive litigation because they have a 'loser pay' arrangement.

In that system, if you bring a lawsuit against someone and you lose, you have to pay all court costs and fees associated with the lawsuit-on both sides. In our system, most medical malpractice lawsuits are engaged on a contingency basis, which means the plaintiff has no out-of-pocket expenses, even if the case is lost. It's basically like playing the lottery; you have very little to lose, and you might become a millionaire if you instigate a medical malpractice lawsuit. Whether we add a 'loser pay' arrangement to our legal system or devise another solution, the plaintiffs should have some skin in the game. To be able to bring lawsuits against people with no risk to yourself is antithetical to a harmonious and fair society. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.171-172 Jan 24, 2012 On Crime: Stop politically-correct prejudice against blacks vs. Whites A myopic view by our Justice Department resulted in the dismissal of three of the defendants in a voter intimidation case against the new Black Panther party in Philadelphia.

The case was widely publicized because the incident was captured on film and distributed on YouTube, showing them verbally abusing voters and brandishing weapons. Would the Justice Department recognize such activity as voter intimidation if the perpetrators wore white sheets and burned crosses? I am not accusing anyone of anything other than failing to look at the big picture when dealing with important legal matters. Some will say that I am advocating a conservative approach to the case, but I would strongly disagree and would say that this is neither a conservative nor liberal view, but rather a practical and logical one. If we can just tone down the rhetoric and discuss things like rational human beings, applying justice equally and not based on some political philosophy.

Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.175 Jan 24, 2012 On Drugs: Reducing blood alcohol limit to.02 reduces drunk driving An example of how responsible policies can change a society's behavior is found in Sweden, where they decided in the 1990s that their nation's incidence of drunk driving was too high. They changed the legally tolerated blood-alcohol limit from 0.05 to 0.02 (in the US, the average tolerated blood-alcohol level is 0.08-4 times higher than that in Sweden) and enforced severe penalties for drunk driving, including mandatory jail time, astronomical fines, and confiscation of one's vehicle. As a result, there was a dramatic decline in alcohol-related traffic accidents and fatalities.

The behavioral changes are so enculturated that hardly anyone even considers driving if they have consumed a single can of beer. This shows that people respond to appropriate legislative changes and that there is still great potential for our nation to use government in a responsible and uplifting manner that will not break the bank and that will encourage the development of responsible citizens. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.106 Jan 24, 2012 On Drugs: Religion kept me away from 1960s sex and drugs Plenty of hippies and flower children around me smoke pot, used illicit drugs, and engaged in free love as part of that utopian dream. Because of my love of God and my religious upbringing, I didn't become involved in sex or drugs, but I still identified strongly with the antiwar protesters and revolutionaries.

I was quite unhappy when McGovern was soundly defeated by Nixon in 1972. I was a senior in college at the time and starting to think more about medical school than social justice.

At Yale in the late 1960s, I was proud to see groups such as the Black Panthers standing up to brutal police tactics, and though I never joined any radical student organizations, I kept abreast of the activities of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the Weathermen, and other groups willing to use aggressive tactics to accomplish 'social justice.' I voted for George McGovern enthusiastically along with multitudes of young people, all of us looking forward to a utopian world of peace & love. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.155-156 Jan 24, 2012 On Education: As child, mother required written book reports My mother, with her 3rd-grade education, was terrified that because of our poor academic performance both my brother and I would end up with low-paying menial jobs as she had. She came up with the idea of turning off the television and making us read two books each week.

She also made us submit to her written book reports, which of course she could not read, but we didn't know that. Her friends told her that her sons would grow up to hate her, but that did not matter to her, as long as we were successful I didn't hate Mother, but in the beginning, I sure hated reading those books. After a while, however, I actually began to look forward to them, because they afforded me escape from our everyday poverty. There in the city, books about nature captivated me.

My reading ability increased. I began to imagine myself as a great explorer or scientist or doctor. I learned things no one else around me knew. Every single day my knowledge of our world expanded, which excited me to no end. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p. 54 Jan 24, 2012 On Education: Southern slaveowners knew education would empower slaves Our society is quite willing to spend millions on a new stadium for the city's football or baseball team, while leaving many of the same city's public schools in a dilapidated condition with tattered books-and in some cases no books at all.

Our young people see through this hypocrisy and tend to emulate what they SEE more than what they are TOLD. It was not always like this, however. Our nation's founders placed so much emphasis on education that towns in Massachusetts could actually be fined for not providing adequate public education, as early as 1642. Compulsory education was much slower to reach the southern states, and education of slaves was forbidden. The very fact that powerful men in the South went to great lengths to prevent slaves from gaining an education makes it clear that they fully understood how empowering education can be. This fact alone should encourage anyone who is poor, weak, and/or powerless to direct all their energy toward obtaining an education.

Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p. 57 Jan 24, 2012 On Education: Maintaining American pinnacle requires math, not athletics There are many in our society who bring only entertainment value, and American society is as enamored with celebrity as British society is with royalty. Although I have nothing against sports and entertainment, I believe there is a danger of getting lost in a fantasy world while neglecting the serious things in life such as education and productive work. The enormous salaries paid to sports stars and entertainers lead people to believe that they are the most important people in our society, or have the most important jobs. I believe they are as important as anyone else, but we must ask ourselves what will maintain the pinnacle position of our nation in the world: the ability to shoot a 25-foot jump shot, or the ability to solve a quadratic equation. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p. 69 Jan 24, 2012 On Education: Carson Scholars Fund: for humanitarian & superior academics Children are especially vulnerable to peer pressure, whether it be good peer pressure or bad peer pressure.

It is definitely possible to affirm students who are not doing well academically while still providing encouraging extra recognition for those students who are achieving the highest levels. By providing extra recognition for those outstanding students, many of the other students are encouraged to try harder. We have certainly found this to be the case with the Carson Scholars Fund, which provides scholarships for student who demonstrate both superior academic performance and humanitarian qualities. Some teachers have told us that when we put a Carson scholar in the classroom, the grade-point average of the whole class can go up by as much as one point over the next year. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.

74 Jan 24, 2012 On Education: THINK BIG: Talent, Honesty, Insight, Nice, Knowledge.God An example of how political correctness tries to usurp power and impose rules occurred a few years ago when some lawyers approached my wife and me to inform us that our 'Think Big' banners could no longer be displayed in public schools. The letter T is for talent, which everyone has to some degree; the letter H is for honesty; I is for insight; N is for nice; K is for knowledge; B is for books; I is for in-depth learning; and G is for God. Because G stands for God, they felt that was clearly a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. We informed them that the First Amendment prohibits government suppression of religious expression and a rather vigorous argument ensued. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor agrees.

The audacity of some of the secularists who try to get God out of everything with no legitimate legal backing is astonishing, and they must be challenged and their objections defeated if our value system is to survive. Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.193 Jan 24, 2012 On Education: Carson Reading Rooms: 4,800 scholarships totaling $2 million The Carson Scholars Fund supports two main initiatives: Carson Scholarships and the Ben Carson Reading Project. Our scholarship program awards students who have embraced high levels of academic excellence and community service with $1,000 college scholarships. The Ben Carson Reading Project provides funding to schools to build and maintain Ben Carson Reading Rooms -warm, inviting rooms where children can discover the joy of independent leisure reading. We award more than 500 scholarships annually. In total, we have awarded over 4,800 scholarships across the country. Carson Scholarship winners have attended more than 300 colleges and universities, and have received nearly $2 million in scholarship funds to help finance their education.

Source: America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson, p.211 Jan 24, 2012 On Energy & Oil: Petroleum independence would deprive terrorists of funding After the 9/11 crisis, if the president had seized the moment and declared that we would become petroleum independent within the next 10 years, business, industry, academia, and everyone else would have been foursquare behind him, and we would have been much further ahead in the fight against terrorism than we are today.

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(1). (1). (1). (2) OR click on an issue category below for a subset. OnTheIssues.org BOOK REVIEW: This book isn't Ben Carson's first book, but it's his first purely political book.

His previous books addressed his life story and his medical practice (as a leading pediatric neurosurgeon); this book outlines his political stances. Overall, it feels like it's written by a political novice - which of course Ben Carson is, never having run for office despite his current status as Tea Party darling for the presidential nomination in 2016. Political books by political novices do have their charms - they do not contain the hedged 'nuanced' stances made by dissembling politicians. Carson sounds genuine here, telling his compelling life story (raised in poverty but with a high regard for education).

Unlike the previous tellings of his life story, this one addresses his politics: how he came to be a conservative despite being constantly surrounded by Democrats in the African American community and liberal colleges. Every chapter has Carson exploring historical perspectives - from ancient Israel (p. 29 on hierarchical leadership) to ancient Rome (p. 131 on military over-stretch) - it often reads like a 'study guide' to introduce historical context to a new politician.

I'm not criticizing that - I do the same thing as a means to learn a new topic - and Carson's choices of historical examples illustrates what he considers important. What he considers important usually reflects on Constitutional originalism, citing the Founding Fathers frequently, or on faith in American government and past leaders (for example pp. 49-50, where he explores the non-atheism of both Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin).

If you like historical perspective, this book has plenty - but it often feels like a stretch to apply ancient lessons to modern politics. Carson also repeats himself repeatedly - using the same phrases in different chapters to illustrate the same points in different contexts. That criticism usually means the chapters were written as stand-alone pieces - but that does not seem to be the case here - this book was written as a complete book.

We had the same criticism of, and we come to the same conclusion: Carson expects his readers to read only one chapter and then move on, so he'd better make each chapter self-contained and include all of his catchphrases. When reading the book cover-to-cover, that stand-alone-chapter writing method becomes annoying for the reader.

For example:. Mother 'made us submit to her written book reports, which she could not read' (p.

54 in chapter on education);. vs. 'We were told to do book reports for Mom every week She couldn't read the reports we wrote' (p. 64 on capitalism and hard work). The 'Democratic Party will claim that the Republicans want to cut programs that benefit children and the elderly the Republicans will claim that the Democrats are addicted to spending,' (p. 109 in chapter on morality);.

vs. 'the Democrats accuse Republicans of draconian budget cuts that would take the food out of the mouths of babies and shelter from the elderly. The Republicans accuse the Democrats of having no understanding of budgetary constraints,' (p. 121 on learning from past mistakes).

and numerous others. For those readers interested in what Carson stands for in a possible presidential run, a first-time exploration of political issues raises more questions than it answers. Carson explicitly feeds into that problem: for example, on pp. 190-1, he raises questions about capital punishment and abortion: 'If one believes that killing is wrong in all instances, be it executing a mass murderer or aborting an unborn fetus, it will be very difficult to negotiate a compromise on the issues of capital punishment or abortion. If, on the other hand, an individual is opposed to capital punishment simply because of the great expense involved in each case, and only opposed to late-term abortion, that person would be quite capable of yielding to compromise.' Well, ok, that outlines the situation - but how does Carson answer that question? He does not, in this book, address his own view on capital punishment, leaving the question posed but unanswered.

He partly addresses abortion (pp. 99-100, where as a medical practitioner he saved a hydrocephalic baby who would have been aborted), but the reader still feels that many questions are left too open. Overall, this is an excellent first political book and lays the groundwork for a possible Carson run for the presidency, or at least lays the groundwork for continuing his role as a Tea Party spokesperson. 'Lays the groundwork' is the critical phrase: If Carson actually wants to mount a campaign for the presidency, he'll need to answer the questions he poses, and move on from historical perspective to actual proposals for modern issues. Jesse Gordon, editor-in-chief, OnTheIssues.org, April 2013 OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) ACLU: Ultimately, a woman has the right to terminate her pregnancy. Ben Carson: Persuaded mother of hydrocephalic baby to cancel abortion. Ben Carson: 1990s deregulation paved way for 2008 economic meltdown.

Ben Carson: Cut every agency spending by 10%, with no exceptions. Democratic Party: OpEd: Republicans want to cut benefits to kids. Republican Party: OpEd: Democrats are addicted to spending.

Tea Party: Financial responsibility to cut $61B from budget. Ben Carson: 1960s: experienced racism in inner-city Boston and Detroit. Ben Carson: Reparations for WWII Japanese ok, but not for slavery. Ben Carson: Not all black candidates share Obama's left-wing politics. Ben Carson: Redefining marriage is slippery slope with disastrous ending. Ben Carson: Legal binding relationship for gays to enjoy property rights.

Ben Carson: Free speech is wonderful, but hate speech causes actual harm. Ben Carson: Tithing teaches about not hoarding as capitalist greed. Ben Carson: Highest corporate tax rate causes highest national debt. Old Testament: Tithing teaches about not hoarding as capitalist greed. Ben Carson: Motorcyclists not wearing helmets consume medical resources. Ben Carson: Imagine the mayhem if all police protection were removed. Ben Carson: Excessive litigation would end with 'loser pays' arrangement.

Ben Carson: Stop politically-correct prejudice against blacks vs. Ben Carson: Reducing blood alcohol limit to.02 reduces drunk driving. Ben Carson: Religion kept me away from 1960s sex and drugs. Ben Carson: As child, mother required written book reports.

Ben Carson: Southern slaveowners knew education would empower slaves. Ben Carson: Maintaining American pinnacle requires math, not athletics. Ben Carson: Carson Scholars Fund: for humanitarian & superior academics. Ben Carson: THINK BIG: Talent, Honesty, Insight, Nice, Knowledge.God.

Ben Carson: Carson Reading Rooms: 4,800 scholarships totaling $2 million. Ben Carson: Petroleum independence would deprive terrorists of funding. Ben Carson: Intelligently tap our own resources offshore & in Alaska. Ben Carson: Protecting environment logical for capitalists & socialists. Ben Carson: Native Americans casinos are justified, but not beneficial. Ben Carson: Rome's decline began with immoral lifestyle; like in America.

Ben Carson: Freedom is why people come from Cuba to US, not vice versa. Ben Carson: US poverty pales compared to billions in India & Africa. Ben Carson: Stop severe trade imbalance via stiff tariffs. Ben Carson: Stop severe trade imbalance. Ben Carson: Human nature makes giving up power difficult.

Ben Carson: Too many lawyers in government; get more doctors in. Ben Carson: Lengthen House term to 6-10 years, with no re-election.

Ben Carson: Bloated government keeps itself busy to justify existence. Ben Carson: Two-tiered system ok as long as care is adequate. Ben Carson: Saudi Arabian solution: stiff penalties for medical fraud. Ben Carson: Regulate insurance companies as non-profit services. Ben Carson: Government responsibility for catastrophic coverage. Ben Carson: Let paralyzed quadriplegics choose to die if they wish it.

Howard Dean: Trial Lawyer Association donors have blocked tort reform. Ben Carson: Roman Empire fell because military was stretched too thin. Ben Carson: Ethical world leadership stops bullies with brutal force. Ben Carson: Confront radical violent elements of all religions.

Ben Carson: Overwhelming majority want the southern border secured. Ben Carson: Deportation is moral low road; create guest worker program. Ben Carson: College job: supervised highway cleanup crews. Ben Carson: Unions bad when they focus on power & not future generations. Barack Obama: OpEd: Many blacks voted for Obama only because he's black. Ben Carson: DIRECT: Deny, Ignore, Resist, Exempt, Conform, Transform. Ben Carson: Democracy was never intended as a spectator sport.

Ben Carson: All religions provide beliefs that make us reasonable. Ben Carson: National Day of Prayer is a suggestion, not a requirement. Ben Carson: Naively committed plagiarism in college psychology course. Ben Carson: God granted me a miracle in passing freshman chemistry. Ben Carson: Raised a Democrat, but became a registered Independent. Ben Carson: Wise voters look at their representatives' voting records. Ben Carson: Tea Partiers & Independents reject spoon-fed biased media.

Ben Carson: For eagle to fly straight, balance left wing & right wing. Colin Powell: OpEd: Many presidents made initial contribution in military. Harry S Truman: 1952: Officially created National Day of Prayer. Sandra Day O`Connor: Ok to mention God in banners in public schools.

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Scott Brown: OpEd: Scorned by both Dems & GOP because of principled votes. Tea Party: OpEd: Tea Party won't become well-organized political party. Ben Carson: Nothing in Constitution supports redistributing wealth. Ben Carson: Not unpatriotic for rich to take advantage of loopholes. Ben Carson: Use computer teaching and virtual classrooms. Ben Carson: Respect privacy; don't use info from post-9-11 monitoring.

Ben Carson: No right to assume that our way was right for 1960s Vietnam. Ben Carson: Morality of war in Iraq was highly debatable. Ben Carson: Better response than post-9-11 invasions: oil independence. Ben Carson: Tyranny follows if we disarm nukes & madmen get them.

Ben Carson: Those who don't want to work? They are on their own.

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