Argumentative Essay On Ben Carson

Ben Carson, one of the many republican candidates in the 2016 presidential election. Coming from Detroit, Michigan, Ben was previously a surgeon for many years, but was forced to resign after developing prostate cancer. After realizing his days in the field of medicine were numbered, he started taking interest in politics. Carson refers to himself as not being a politician, and says, “I don’t want to be a politician because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what’s right.” Some of the things he believes to be “right” involve the issues under the category of the Free Market. After researching Ben and his views on the Free Market, I have come to the conclusion that Ben is a high six out of ten on the pro Free Market scale.
One of the most controversial topics of Obama’s presidency is the

installment of Obama care. He believes that the Affordable Care Act was the creation of an incompetent process from the beginning. More than $2 billion was spent on a website alone, not to mention the amount of hospital patients who are new policyholders that were never informed about the (up to) $5,000 of the first costs being on them. Carson believes that instead of having Obama care, we need to replace it with a system that enables consumers with awareness and choice to drive down costs. “The more power we put in the hands of consumers, the lower the costs will fall.” he says during the "Road to Majority" conference in June. Being a non-politician, Carson’s a big advocate for moving our Healthcare into the free market and exercising the belief that more government is always a poor excuse for a solution.
Aside from Healthcare, Carson also has a lot to say about corporate taxes. America’s corporate tax rate is the second highest in the world. Japan has a higher corporate tax than us, but also a greater national debt. Ben says, “By being shortsighted and greedy, our government is driving businesses to other countries, which deprives our people not only of jobs, but our government of vital income.” He believes that the high corporate tax rate is causing our high national debt, one that may even end up higher than Japan. If a low tax rate were applied to everyone, including those corporations, the flow of jobs and income would be into our nation rather than out of our nation. Carson wants to get away from the high corporate taxation that our government is imposing and head towards a free market solution. The lower the corporate taxes, the lower our national debt, increasing jobs, income, and positively affecting our nation.
What gets us into those corporate jobs in the first place?

Our education. Carson believes that his “education was a success not because some employee at the U.S. Department of Education cared, but because my teacher cared”. Instead of government coming in and telling the schools how and what they need to teach, he strongly believes that education decisions need to be made at the local level. Making these decisions at the local level will allow teachers to really teach. Choosing what content to teach, and how to creatively teach it is what teachers know best. But, because of the common core, they have been forced to do so in certain and strict ways, making it harder for students to learn, and for teachers to do their jobs. Also, People tend to respond to stimulation, and when there’s no stimulation, they tend to relax. By putting in the appropriate stimulation, it increases the competitive nature of education, making kids want to learn and be successful with their education. Limiting the government’s involvement in our education system will benefit students and teachers nationwide, yet another reason why Carson wants to become more free market

friendly.
Wanting to do what is right over what is politically expedient, Carson wants to head towards a more free market way of living. In my opinion, I think Ben Carson is a high six on the Free Market scale. I gave Carson this rating based on his views on Healthcare, Corporate Taxation, and Education. Replacing Obama care with a system that enables choice, giving the people more freedom in the kind of healthcare they want, Lowering the corporate taxation to improve jobs, income, and our national debt, debt in which is rising, and lastly, limiting the government’s involvement in our education system, increasing the student’s productivity and level of education. The less involvement of government, the better our nation will be as a whole. Carson believes that the solutions become smaller and less apparent as more government gets involved, thus the reasoning behind his rate of six on the Free Market scale.