23 Nov 2011 12:03 pm
Newt Gingrich: Child labor laws are truly stupid.Speaking at Harvards Kennedy School of Government, he challenged laws that prevent children from working certain jobs before their mid-teens. Gingrich blamed the core policies of protecting unionization and bureaucratization for crippling children. It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in, first of all, in child laws, which are truly stupid, he said. I tried for years to have a very simple model, he continued. Most of these schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. The kids would actually do work, they would have cash, theyd have pride in the schools, theyd begin the process of rising.