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furtheradu

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7. Thanks for Your observation. ❤
Wed May 24, 2017, 06:39 PM
May 2017

I agree with everything You said. & I'll take "modest means" & compassion, vs rich & heart-less, ANY day.

He thinks it's all in peoples' heads?! sakabatou May 2017 #1
People tend to say some crazy stuff in their sleep. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #2
LOL Cha May 2017 #14
And now, conservative elitist Ben Carson Worktodo May 2017 #3
Yes, because you know if people just believed "enough" hamsterjill May 2017 #11
I've known many people who grew up in poverty who didn't feel poor. haele May 2017 #4
Thanks for Your observation. ❤ furtheradu May 2017 #7
I honestly thought for a second he was going to say that wealth is socially constructed ck4829 May 2017 #5
Care to do a little experiment Dr. Carson? Freethinker65 May 2017 #6
Cory Booker, as a mayor in New Jersey.. furtheradu May 2017 #8
It certainly is the state of his mind. Dave Starsky May 2017 #9
So, Ben, MyOwnPeace May 2017 #10
Yeah, sure. That homelessness I experienced as a child was all in my mind. Coventina May 2017 #12
So, let me get this right. If I get lets say $600 a month and am on the thin line of Doreen May 2017 #13
ben carson is already on record Cha May 2017 #15
What a horse's ass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2017 #16
Prosperity Gospel in a nutshell. Wish yourself rich by convincing other people to believe bullshit. haele May 2017 #25
He is SUCH. A. TOOL!!! Self absorbed DOUCHEBAG!!! AgadorSparticus May 2017 #17
That says it all. mdbl May 2017 #21
The power of positive thinking works really well when you are born rich or when Blue Meany May 2017 #18
As Joy Reid says: TomSlick May 2017 #19
Here's a different mindset: Without the poor there is no rich, and of course, vice versa, so... Rhett Cohen May 2017 #20
I'd like for his state of mind to live on the streets from now on. WinkyDink May 2017 #22
Guy has a case of colonuranus...nt raccoon May 2017 #23
Paris Hilton, Donald Trump, and the Kushners erpowers May 2017 #24
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