| Hiku said: Now he accepted the position of head of housing. As Elizabeth Warren pointed out in the clip, Trump has large interests in that sector, as he sells buildings for a living. She asked if Ben Carson could guarantee that he wouldn't have the money from his department benefit Trump's company, as that is a conflict of interest that a President should not have, and he could not confirm that he wont pour money into Trump's pocket. |
Elizabeth Warren's question was dishonest and framed so that any correct answer makes Carson look corrupt. She showed her dishonesty by saying "a yes or no answer" when it clearly is a complex topic requiring a complex answer. She made it abundantly clear her intention was to discredit Carson, She even shared the question and response on her Facebook. She asked if he can assure with a yes or no only answer that "not a single taxpayer dollar of HUD (housing and Urban Development) goes to benefit Trumps real estate business." Basically if Ben Carson does his job then many areas will have improved housing and urban development (hence the name of HUD) which will BENEFIT many real estate companies including Trump's because price of their buildings may increase in these areas. He literally did say he would not choose favorites. but he couldn't confirm that Trump's business would not benefit cause to answer that question would be a lie cause he can't know at this point. Warren painted a picture of Carson as a croonie who will steal tax payer money for Trump's business.
Also Bernie just bought a THIRD home. A lakefront house located on an island in Lake Champlain. Also when Bernie's wife was working their combined income put them in the "top 1%" by US statistics of household income In Vermont. Now that she is retired, Bernie by himself is top 2%. As a young College student, what Bernie said really appealed to me but after listening to the other side of the argument (business owners) I saw how unrealistic and out of touch his plans really were. I'll provide a vid of him responding to a audience question of a small business owner (many small business owners are top 1% btw). He refuses to acknowledge small business owners and goes off on a tangent about "greedy multibillion dollar corporations" and "polluting the water and food" every chance he gets. I realized this was just rhetoric to create a villian he is fighting against and to avoid the harsh truth that he planned to tax MUCH MORE than just billionaire fat cats. Not to say I'm on the side of these corporations but it needs to be understood that Bernie's policies would indeed hurt small business. There is a clip of him saying he doesn't think 90% tax rate on rich is too high. lol what the FUCK! He walked it back and damaged controlled saying "I never said I would tax the rich 90%" which is true but he clearly said he is okay with it.
notice how he claims top 1 and top 2 percent are "multi millionaires and billionaires". which isn't always true. In Vermont top 1% is $300k and over. he is desperate to blame corporate fat cats for everything and use them to justify taxes on others. top 2% of combined income is like $190k (if i remember correctly) in Vermont which is not crazy and is considered upper middle class by most. Also he tries to equate the less regulations the small business owner wants to wanting to be able to pollute air and posion food...
also notice how in the first clip he says "52% of all new income generated goes to the top 1 percent" then in the older clip "99% of all new income generated goes to the top 1 percent". Is he just making up shit on the spot 
