Two weeks ago, not only did Newt Gingrich state that "child labor laws are stupid", but he also implied that poor children should be put to work as janitors in their schools. Just a few days ago in Iowa, Gingrich opened with: “Start with the following two facts: Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works. So they literally have no habit of showing up on Monday. They have no habit of staying all day. They have no habit of ‘I do this and you give me cash’ unless it’s illegal.” This statement is an absolutley cruel generalization attacking Americas helpless children. It is actually sick, that he believes such a ridiculous statement.
Not only is this statement politically incorrect, but there is no actual factual evidence behind this. Three out of four poor adults work atleast a part time job, but two out of four have a full time job. But yet according to Gingrich, 'Poor children have nobody around them who works'. Also Gingrich attempts to say that the lack of money universally correlates to a lack of morals. But yet, evidence shows that even with the current economic state of the U.S., the crime rate (especially among juveniles) has decreased significantly within the last years.
The only fact that Gingrich has proved in all of this is that, nothing he has said on this issue actually is fact. His statements about children in poverty are completley flawed, so although he likes to toss around the word fact freely, I really hope that Americans take the time to realize the bogus in his claims.
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