GOP, Watch & Learn: Dr. Benjamin Carson’s Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast [Video]

◼ Dr. Benjamin Carson, director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions delivered a keynote speech at (the) national prayer breakfast that clearly had the president squirming in his seat, particularly when Carson laid out his thoughts on taxation, and alternatives to Obamacare—namely, healthcare savings accounts: - The Right Planet

Full Speech:




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(From the comments: I just recently watched a movie about him: Gifted Hands, The Ben Carson Story. I highly recommend it. He was raised by a mother who had a tremendous amount of faith in him and his brother and made them work very hard in school. They didn’t have it easy. He had to overcome many obstacles to become a neurosurgeon. He became famous for separating conjoined twins at their heads.)

◼ Neurosurgeon Lectures Obama on Obamacare... - Real Clear Politics

DR. CARSON: What we need to do is come up with something simple. And when I pick up my Bible, you know what I see? I see the fairest individual in the universe, God, and he's given us a system. It's called a tithe. We don't necessarily have to do 10% but it's the principle. He didn't say if your crops fail, don't give me any tithe or if you have a bumper crop, give me triple tithe. So there must be something inherently fair about proportionality. You make $10 billion, you put in a billion. You make $10 you put in one. Of course you've got to get rid of the loopholes. Some people say, 'Well that's not fair because it doesn't hurt the guy who made $10 billion as much as the guy who made 10.' Where does it say you've got to hurt the guy? He just put a billion dollars in the pot. We don't need to hurt him. It's that kind of thinking that has resulted in 602 banks in the Cayman Islands. That money needs to be back here building our infrastructure and creating jobs.

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DR. CARSON: Here's my solution: When a person is born, give him a birth certificate, an electronic medical record, and a health savings account to which money can be contributed -- pretax -- from the time you're born 'til the time you die. When you die, you can pass it on to your family members, so that when you're 85 years old and you got six diseases, you're not trying to spend up everything.

You're happy to pass it on and there's nobody talking about death panels. Number one. And also, for the people who were indigent who don't have any money we can make contributions to their HSA each month because we already have this huge pot of money. Instead of sending it to some bureaucracy, let's put it in their HSAs. Now they have some control over their own health care.



◼ CONSERVATIVE DOC REVEALS WHY HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST OBAMA’S POLICIES AT PRAYER BREAKFAST — PLUS, WOULD HE EVER RUN FOR PRESIDENT? - The Blaze

With President Barack Obama sitting just feet away, Dr. Benjamin Carson stood up for conservative principles in his speech at Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast, discussing the national debt, political correctness and even healthcare. Readers loved his speech so much that TheBlaze’s story on it went viral.

On Friday, Carson appeared on Fox News’ “Hannity” to explain why he felt compelled to speak out against the big government policies endorsed by Obama, in front of Obama.

Carson, a renown neurosurgeon, said the response to his speech has been “overwhelmingly” positive. However, he argued he didn’t make a conservative argument, but rather a “logical” and “common-sense” one.

“I don’t know where we left our brains,” he told host Sean Hannity....

◼ 7 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT DR. CARSON — THE PRAYER BREAKFAST SPEAKER WHOSE SPEECH IN FRONT OF OBAMA WENT VIRAL - The Blaze

DR. CARSON IS A FAMOUS PEDIATRIC SURGEON - Carson, 61, is the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital (he obtained this lead position at the age of 33). His career focus is on traumatic brain injury and brain and spinal cord tumors, among dire health issues.

According to his biography, he has written over 100 publications about neurosurgery and he has penned numerous books. On top of that, the renowned doctor has received more than 50 honorary doctorate degrees and President George W. Bush gave him the Presidential Medal of Honor (see other honors over at Bio.com).

HE’S A PIONEER IN THE SEPARATION OF CONJOINED TWINS

CARSON’S EARLY LIFE WASN’T EASY

THERE WAS A MOVIE MADE ABOUT HIS LIFE - Carson’s life and work are so coveted, in fact, that a feature film was made about the doctor. “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story” was a made-for-television film that came out in 2009.

HE RUNS A NON-PROFIT AIMED AT HELPING YOUNG SCHOLARS

CARSON IS A CANCER SURVIVOR

HE’S ALSO A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN - In order for America to continue leading the world, Carson believes that it’s important to apply God’s standards to individuals’ lives. Rather than embracing partisan solutions, CBN notes that he wants the nation to “stop being political and start being logical” in addressing key issues.

For more about Carson, read his ◼ Bio.com profile and visit the ◼ Carson Scholars Fund’s web site.