Posted on 10/13/2017 6:07:44 AM PDT by markomalley
Prominent liberals, Sen. Bernie Sanders among them, insist that health care is a human right, and the same can be said about housing, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said on Thursday.
Waters, the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, was among several African-American Democrats on the committee who blasted HUD Secretary Ben Carson as uncaring and incompetent because he supports the Trump administration's budget cuts.
"In the face of the immense housing needs in our country, President Trump chose Dr. Ben Carson to serve as the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development," Waters said in her opening statement at the HUD oversight hearing.
She continued:
The secretary of HUD is supposed to be at the forefront of our efforts to create strong communities; expand access to safe, decent and affordable housing; and enforce fair housing rights.
Housing is the foundation on which our entire society is built. It is a platform for economic mobility and well-being. It is a crucial part of our national economy. It is a necessary human right.
We need strong leadership and a bold vision for HUD in order to expand access to affordable housing in this country. Unfortunately, I have seen nothing to indicate that Secretary Carson is up to the challenge.
Waters and a few other Democrats complained that Carson supports President Trump's budget, "which slashes funding for critical housing programs."
Carson told the committee that "spending more taxpayer dollars does not necessarily create better outcomes."
"We must constantly evaluate our programs to ensure that we are delivering services effectively and efficiently to HUD's constituents and responding to today's challenges with the best practices and technologies," the secretary said. Carson added that he's working to "reform our programs and remain careful stewards of taxpayer dollars."
Rep. Waters had three opportunities to question Carson, because two Democrats yielded their time to her. She spent much of that time asking Carson if he agrees with various tweets and statements Trump has made.
Still waiting for my govt issue gun
Right up there with the Right to abortions, Obamaphones, healthcare, __________ (fill in the blanks), etc.
A nice car is a human right.
Agree. While arguing in 2007 with my cousin, who was a local GM exec, I asked him ‘why isn’t owning a car a right?’. He was saying that the right to ‘LIFE’ (as in Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness) meant the right to Healthcare. I didn’t bring up the abortion issue at the time. He is a smart guy who totally buys into the Leftist talking points. But we don’t talk anymore.
It may be necessary but it is not a right. This female is as dumb as they come. Maybe even dumber than that.
Hey Maxine, talk to the leftist San Francisco city council which seems to kill just about every attempt to build housing in the city.
She needs to be housed - in an asylum.
Then give them YOUR house . . .
Still feeling warm and fuzzy about an Article V Convention guys??
Rights are inalienable, meaning that no one has to grant them or deny them to anyone else so that you can enjoy them. They are a natural state of the world. not the result of the government stealing your money to give to someone else. Period. End of discussion.
Yes, I do have an attitude about this, now that Maxine asks.
Wonderful truism! Mind if I borrow it? :)
what exactly is housing?
plenty of people over time lived in portable housing, make-shift housing which was perfectly fine. Many had to walk to water and outhouse. Anything subsidized by govt should not be any where near top of the line because it’s not meant to be permeant help but temporary certain period of time to help people get back on their own feet to being responsible for themselves.
Let Mad Max open up her big manse to a bunch of homeless steeet denizens. And it’s super good too. Because mad max doesn’t live in “her” district, the crime- infested ghetto she has help make that way “representing” it. Her new house guests will find themselves in a nice neighborhood
I want a beach house on Cape Cod. It is my right. The government must give it to me now.
It plays fine for her parasite constituency and the black pajama-wearing antifas but now even the political sleepers of the "middle" are "woke" (as they say...) and are fired up by this ongoing assault.
More winning!
“Gibsmedat.”
Maxine, has someone bring the Constitution up in a browser, Select Ctrl F, type Necessary in the search box and tell me where you find it.
If housing is a right then the government should not tax it. Funny how the dems love to tax our so-called rights - food, wayer, medicine, shelter, education, weapons for defence, etc...
Water
And, the granddaddy of 'em all -- Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Yep, that's right -- the good ol' curse. It was to show us that we need God, so we would turn to Him, to help us in our efforts.
Instead nowadays, government has inserted itself as god; which is why dependents on the left seem to worship it so; and the rebellion goes on apace.
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