Instead, in a 30-minute chat with Mr. Williams, a Carson adviser and conservative media personality, and Mr. Harvey, the housing secretary stuck to broad platitudes about his commitment to alleviating poverty. “My entire professional career centered around children and giving them another chance at life,” said Mr. Carson, who has no experience running a large federal bureaucracy. Instead, Mr. Carson talked vaguely about removing blight across the country, focusing on the development of children and encouraging wealthy Americans to help low-income communities. Mr. Carson also said that he wanted the private sector to get involved in issues like rethinking how abandoned buildings around the country are used. “We are all in the same boat, and if part of the boat sinks, eventually, the rest of it goes down, too,” Mr. Carson said.

Source: New York Times April 07, 2017 19:07 UTC