Is Newt Right About Poor Children?
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Is Newt Right About Poor Children?
| Fri, 12-02-2011 - 12:45am |
Should some of the child labor laws be done away with?
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nisupulla wrote:
"For me, I don't see Newt's idea that some kids should have to scrub toilets 20 hours a week as a desire to see those kids succeed."
I'm sorry, did Newt say kids had to work 20 hours a week?
chestnuthooligan wrote:
"Treating employees as commodities rarely works long term. Empower and negotiate with your employees. It's win-win."
Yeah...so then a union employee can get high, get drunk, or basically sleep on the job and sue if anyone tries to fire them.
nisupulla wrote:
"Kids whose parents have limited resources need a lot of things. I would not put money at the top of the list."
Sounds like that is something that a person with money would say.
Liberals have a tough time with the concept of personal responsibility...which is why, thanks to them, this nation is rearing generations of selfish, entitled brats who feel they deserve a trophy for just showing up and think "the rich" owe them a living.
chestnuthooligan wrote:
"That "pretty much" leaves me speechless. "
Why does that not surprise me?
"9yo "in poor districts" cleaning toilets?"
There is so much more to janitorial work than cleaning toilets.
nisupulla wrote:
"Maybe once upon a time in the old days when the middle class existed, it was possible to work hard at a job, get recognized, and "work your way up". That was then. This is now."
You mean now when you just sit back and collect unemployment checks for ever and ever at the expense of the people who are actually working hard?
nisupulla wrote:
"My husband calls them the people who were born on third base and think they hit a homerun."
What an offensive statement!
The responses on here have been absolutely mind boggling.
Work and a good work ethic are important, but it starts with doing well in school. That should be the focus of high school, IMO.
Chicken and egg confusion...few kids can do well in school, or even care about school, without a good work ethic, self-respect and discipline instilled in them by responsible parents and/or guardians...not to mention a prospect of a future.
Gingrich is a dope.
I disagree.
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