So Newt Gingrich made some comments that poor kids should work as janitors after school because they don't have working role models. If you listen to what he said, it's not crazy. Look, it's probably not a good idea because there's too many problems with it and it's impracticable as a large scale program. But it's not totally crazy, like, for instance, accusing Bernanke of treason for pursuing a policy of quantitative easing.
So the NPR rebuttal was some poverty expert complaining that Gingrich is wrong and mean-spirited. It's not true that poor kids' parents don't work. Lots of their parents work multiple jobs. (Obviously it's important how you define "poor kids.") Here's where it gets good. Even in public housing projects, we're told, 50% of the non-elderly and non-disabled work. So it's simply not fair to say poor kids don't have working role models.
Hang on...the "non-disabled," huh? So cashing disability checks and watching TV all day shouldn't be considered setting a non-working example for the kiddos? Or am I to believe those people really are disabled, and are physically unable to work? Which one, NPR?
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