Parker: Gingrich Plan For Poor Kids: Let Them Clean Toilets
Republicans have always been wedded to the idea that Americans, given opportunity, can pull themselves up by the bootstraps. In fact, most people subscribe to this very-American narrative to varying degrees. But missing from the vision of the coldest eye is acknowledgment that sometimes people have no boots.
With a degree of charity not apparent in Gingrich’s remarks, one can hypothesize about what he may have meant, such as perhaps that one can only imagine becoming what one has seen. How does a child who has never witnessed a doctor or lawyer in his everyday world imagine himself as one? Alas, Gingrich didn’t start there.
Tough times call for tough solutions, but singling out poor children is one of those random thousand-ideas-a-minute that should have gone directly into the right brain’s shredder. A better idea might have taken its place. Here’s one for the hopper: Let all children volunteer to contribute to their school’s upkeep in exchange for vouchers redeemable for privileges that school kids value. Think of it as an experiment in capitalism (work for reward) and self-esteem building (status through achievement).
It’s a capital idea both Democrats and Republicans could love. For fun, we could tax the vouchers and give a small share of earned privileges to those who chose not to participate. Talk about an education.
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Whistler Blowers, Insiders
This is a rediculos article. Newt’s comments were taken out of context. This a partisan hit job and a poor one at that. Do your own research and read the entire transcript.