Ballotpedia.org political website: on Welfare & Poverty
Ben Carson:
Housing integration is ok, but why must residents solve it?
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) asked Carson to elaborate on his views on HUD's role in implementing the Fair Housing Act. Carson responded, "That act says that we want people who are receiving HUD grants to look around and see if they find anything
that looks like discrimination, and then we want them to come up with a solution on how to find the problem. They're not responding to people saying there's a problem, they're saying go and look for a problem and give us a solution.
We have people sitting around a desk in Washington, D.C., and deciding how things should be done.
I don't have any kind of problem with affirmative action or at least integration, but I do have a problem with people on high dictating it when they don't know anything about what's going on in the area."
Source: Ballotpedia.org: 2017 Trump transition confirmation hearings
Jan 13, 2017
Ben Carson:
Ideal is every person in a home; but we don't have the funds
Asked about limits to public assistance programs for low-income Americans, Carson responded, "We have to be cognizant of our fiscal responsibilities as well as our social responsibilities. Would we love to put every single person in a beautiful unit
forever? Absolutely, that would be ideal. But don't have the necessary funding. But the other thing that I emphasize is that safety net programs are important, and I would never advocate abolishing them without an alternative."
Source: Ballotpedia.org: 2017 Trump transition confirmation hearings
Jan 13, 2017
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick:
People's Prosperity Plan: $1,000-per-month for low-income
Cherfilus-McCormick emphasized her People's Prosperity Plan, which included $1,000-per-month payments to people over 18 making less than $75,000 a year.
Her platform also included Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and a $20 minimum wage.
Source: Ballotpedia.org "Key Message" on 2022 FL-20 House race
Jul 19, 2021
Marc Molinaro:
Social safety net for New Yorkers genuinely in need
Q: What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?A: As a kid who grew up on food stamps, I care deeply about maintaining a social safety net for New Yorkers genuinely in need.
I abhor the massive waste in government that is breaking the backs of middle- and working-class taxpayers. Too often the priority is government itself rather than the people it is supposed to serve.
The result in New York is the highest tax burden in America, the highest out-migration of citizens from any state in the U.S., one of the worst business climates in the country,
among the most difficult to retire in and a state with the least individual freedom for citizens nationwide.
Source: Ballotpedia.org: 2018 Candidate Connection survey on NY-19
Nov 8, 2018
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