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Michael Bloomberg with regard to a homeless child: "That's just the way God works."

Due to his policies as Mayor of New York, the homeless have not been Michael Bloomberg's most ardent supporters. Just recently, the New York Times featured a series on a homeless family in New York City, where the central piece of the story was 11-year-old Dasani.

When asked about this family and story, Mayor Bloomberg responded with this:

"This kid was dealt a bad hand. I don't know quite why. That's just the way God works. Sometimes some of us are lucky and some of us are not."

While I would strongly agree that some of us are luckier than others, his seeming shrug of the shoulders when saying, "That's just the way God works.," irked me a great deal.

Instead of taking some ownership, that quote says to me, "There's nothing I could have done about it. Just place your faith in an invisible man and hopefully a miracle will ensue."

It could also be interpreted as, "It's not my fault. It's God's. Take it up with him."

How a person could shrug their shoulders at the thought of an 11-year-old child living on the streets is beyond me, and how a person could believe in and worship a higher power he feels is responsible for such cruel, inhumane acts is beyond me as well.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/12/18/3079711/bloomberg-dasani-comments/
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