From Raw Story:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich proposed Friday evening that public school janitors be replaced by children in order to help solve the income gap in America.
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“You say to somebody, you shouldn’t go to work before you’re what, 14, 16 years of age, fine. You’re totally poor,” [Gingrich] said. “You’re in a school that is failing with a teacher that is failing. I’ve tried for years to have a very simple model,” he said. “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 would have pride in the schools, they’d begin the process of rising.”
At the beginning of his speech, Gingrich was mic’checked by a few Occupy Boston protesters.
“We love you Newt, thank you for standing up for corporations,” they said. “Thank you for understanding that simple point. We are, the 99 percent.”
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