Retired brain surgeon Ben Carson pointed to his own life story as evidence that personal grit can help any American succeed despite difficult circumstances. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) asked Carson what’s the best thing government could do for someone receiving government assistance. After Carson said it’s “unacceptable” how burdensome housing expenses are for some families, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) asked whether he supports raising the minimum wage. “We have people sitting around a desk in Washington, D.C., deciding how things should be done,” Carson said. Brown noted Carson had previously described it as a “failed socialist experiment.” Carson said he was merely “opposed to central dictation of peoples’ lives,” and that he wanted more local control over antipoverty programs.

Source: Huffington Post January 12, 2017 18:05 UTC