Liberal Forum

Newt Gingrich: Child labor laws are 'truly stupid'.Speaking at Harvard's 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, they'd have pride in the schools, they'd begin the process of rising."You think this is radically controversial?That kids should be prohibited by federal law from working, even if their parents support it?That's just one more reason I call Liberalism Totalitarian-lite.