Newt wants to undo CHILD LABOR LAWS; was he a child that worked hard jobs?

[bearchan]

His adoptive father was an Army officer so while life was not luxurious it was comfortable.

[tahmelapachme33]

His adoptive father was an Army officer so while life was not luxurious it was comfortable.

He wants to modify, not undo.

What he said was that children 14 and over should be able to work. He suggested that the schools could hire them to do some of the more mundane work un poor areas instead of paying union workers.

The idea is that teaching actual work ethics and rewarding them would be more effective at teaching children from impoverished homes to live better lives then the "no child left behind" act that dud not alter the poorest of our country at all.

BTW, under present law farmers children can in fact work their parents farm.

[fychan97]

The Left should love that idea since it is the cornerstone of communism. "Work hard for the State to be a good party member."

-I really don't like you forcing my hand to defend Newt but what he is saying is that the government shouldn't determine whether a child works because children do not belong to the State.

There already IS child labor being used, it's just off the books. I can't tell you how many summers I spent bailing hay, milking cows and laboring for a home builder. Of course that was years ago before so much attention was paid to it.

It instilled in me an early work ethic that I would not be the same person I am today were it not for those jobs.

[jung-hwa75]

possibley or he could be a child abuser who hates kids