Carson shares plans to curb government control

During a visit to the Franklin County Fair last Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told a crowd his plans to limit the federal government’s reach.
     Touting his campaign slogan, “Heal, Inspire, Revive,” the author and retired pediatric neurosurgeon said the country is “forsaking the values that made America great” for the sake of political correctness, and that politicians have overstepped their intended power.
     “I’m not a politician,” he said. “Never intended to be one.”
     If elected, Carson said he would wane government control by letting experts in their fields handle health care, agriculture and other areas. He would stop the Department of Education’s control and do away with the Common Core in favor of a localized education system, he says on his website.
    Read the full article in the July 22 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.