Claim: "Ben Carson is running for president to 'eliminate dependency on government.' But he doesn't mention that he grew up in public schools, got public housing and food stamps, got free glasses from a government program, was helped by Affirmative Action, and got Pell Grants for college."
Fact-check: Does Ben Carson want to 'eliminate dependency on government' despite benefiting from welfare?
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Katie Sanders
Date published: 2015-05-11T00:00:00