Ben Carson: Obamacare worst thing to happen to the U.S. since slavery
Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the Values Voter Summit. (Doug Wetzstein/special to The Washington Times)Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the Values Voter Summit. (Doug Wetzstein/special to The Washington Times)
By Cheryl Wetzstein
-
The Washington Times
Friday, October 11, 2013
“It is slavery because it aims to make all of us subservient to the government,” he said. “It was never about health care. It was about control.”
Dr. Carson further compared the new health care reform to policies envisioned by Vladimir Lenin, one of the fathers of socialism and communism.
“Socialized medicine is the keystone in the establishment of a socialist state,” Dr. Carson told the audience of some 2,000 supporters of traditional values.
Such a comment may seem paranoid to some, he said, “but I would say if you know anything about history, how could you not bring it up?”
When people in the executive and legislative branch don’t have to participate, but everybody else has to, “that’s not America, that’s Russia,” he added
Read more:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/11/ben-carson-obamacare-worst-thing-slavery/#ixzz2hVBXpIxW Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter