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Dr. Benjamin Carson at Nat'l Prayer Breakfast 2-7-2013

Clipped from:National Prayer Breakfast
Feb 7, 2013

Excerpt from Dr. Carson's speech addressing taxes and healthcare.

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00:00:00 NOT TOO WELL.
00:00:01 SAME THING HAPPENS, ENOUGH SAID.
00:00:05 WHAT ABOUT OUR TAXATION SYSTEM?
00:00:10 SO COMPLEX, THERE IS NO ONE WHO CAN POSSIBLY COMPLY WITH EVERY -- IF I WANTED TO TEACH YOU OR YOU, I COULD GET YOU ON THE TAX ISSUE.
00:00:21 THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
00:00:22 WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT SIMPLE.
00:00:25 AND WHEN I PICK UP MY BIBLE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I SEE?
00:00:30 I SEE THE FAIREST INDIVIDUAL IN THE UNIVERSE, GOD, AND HE IS GIVEN US A SYSTEM.
00:00:34 IT IS CALLED HIVES.
00:00:37 WE NOW KNOW SO HAVE TO DO 10% OF THE PRINCIPAL, HE DIDN'T SAY IF IF YOUR CROPS FAILED THOUGH GETTING ANY TYPING.
00:00:44 HE DIDN'T SAVE HAVE A BUMPER CROP GIVE ME TRIPLE.
00:00:47 SO THERE MUST BE SOMETHING INHERENTLY FAIR ABOUT PROPORTIONALITY.
00:00:50 YOU MAKE $10 BILLION, YOU PUT IN A BUILDING BECAME A $10, YOU PUT IN ONE.
00:00:55 OF COURSE, YOU GOT TO GET RID OF THE LOOPHOLES.
00:00:59 [APPLAUSE] NOW SOME PEOPLE SAY, THEY SAY THAT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HURT THE GUY WHO MADE $10 BILLION AS MUCH AS THE GUY WHO MADE 10.
00:01:10 WHERE DOES HE HAVE TO HURT THE GUY?
00:01:12 HE JUST PUT A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE POT.
00:01:14 WE DON'T NEED TO HURT HIM.
00:01:15 [APPLAUSE] IT'S THAT KIND OF THINKING, IT'S THAT KIND OF THINKING THAT HAS RESULTED IN 602 BANKS IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
00:01:24 THAT MONEY NEEDS TO BE BACK HERE BUILDING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CREATING JOBS.
00:01:29 AND WE ARE SMART ENOUGH, WE'RE SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
00:01:33 WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOWN THE PATH OF SOLVING ONE OF THE OTHER BIG PROBLEMS, HEALTH CARE.
00:01:37 WE NEED OF GOOD HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYBODY.
00:01:39 IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT A PERSON CAN HAVE.
00:01:43 MONEY MEANS NOTHING, TITLES MEAN NOTHING WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR HEALTH.
00:01:47 BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT SUFFICIENTLY TO DO IT.
00:01:52 WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON HEALTH CARE, TWICE AS MUCH PER CAPITA AS ANYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD, AND YET NOT VERY EFFICIENT.
00:01:59 WHAT CAN WE DO?
00:02:01 HERE'S MY SOLUTION.
00:02:03 WHEN THE PERSON IS BORN, GIVE HIM A PER CERTIFICATE, AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD, AND HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
00:02:10 TO WHICH MONEY CAN BE CONTRIBUTED, PRETAX, FROM THE TIME YOU'RE BORN UNTIL THE TIME YOU DIE.
00:02:15 WHEN YOU DIE YOU CAN PASS ONTO ON TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE 85 YOU HAVE SIX DISEASES, YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO SPIN EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE HAPPY TO PASS IT ON AND THERE'S NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY ARE NUMBER ONE.
00:02:27 AND ALSO, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 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 IN THEIR HSA.
00:02:41 NOW THEY HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE.
00:02:45 WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO?
00:02:47 THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN VERY QUICKLY HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE OR WHEN MR.
00:02:53 JONES GETS THAT DIABETIC FOOT LOOK AT COME HE'S NOT BLOWING A BIG CHUNK.
00:02:55 HE'S GOT TO GO TO THE CLINIC.
00:02:57 HE LEARNED THAT VERY QUICKLY.
00:02:58 GETS THE SAME TREATMENT THE EMERGENCY ROOM THEY SEND IN A.
00:03:03 IN THE CLINIC THEY SAY LET'S GET YOUR DIABETES UNDER CONTROL.
00:03:06 THAT'S HOW WE BEGIN TO SOLVE THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
00:03:09 IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO IT ALL BUT WE CAN
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