Poor old Marxine ain't exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer ...
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.
Who didn’t see this coming? “Everything should be free.”
Oh yes, the left and their boutique of entitlements mentality.
Isn’t that what “rights” are?
We agree that when something is a “right,” all are responsible for making it so.
It’s not just with respect to housing. That’s why the Dem expansion of rights blabber is really an expansion of state control.
Of course, I agree with you 100%.
Poor old Marxine ain't exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer ...
Working is a necessary human responsibility. “If any would not work, neither should he eat.” (2 Thessalonians 3:10)
Nothing which requires someone else’s money or labor is a right.
Free McMansions for my home skillets and double-wides for them deplorables.
You have a God-given right to pursue housing.
I gather Marxine was not paying attention when she was taught this in school.
I need a legal definition of “access”. The Washington word smiths have given it way too much leash.
Comrade Kaprugjna agrees with Maxine
And is headed over to her house with a few dozen homeless people from Maxine’s district
He keeps using words and concepts that are too big for Maxine to comprehend. :)
If housing is a “right”, what size home do these masterminds think everyone should have? Does everyone have a “right” to furniture, appliances, and carpet? A big screen TV? Since a home isn’t a home without water and electricity, are they a “right” too?
Idiots.
She lives in a house outside her district which is illegal. I bet the house payments are subsidized by all the bribes she takes.
Does thi mean we all have the right to live here:
Hey Max,
Ya want socialism,move to cuba.
Your kids and your sorry ass are of little concern to me.
Gimme, gimme, gimme
Constitution only requires federal legislators to be residents of the STATE from which they are elected.
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