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Gingrich: Poor kids don't work
CBSNews.com ^
| December 1, 2011
| staff reporter
Posted on 12/02/2011 6:18:45 AM PST by Daffynition
At a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa Thursday, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said children in poor neighborhoods have "no habits of working," no one around them works and they get cash illegally.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
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To: Daffynition
"...children in poor neighborhoods have "no habits of working," no one around them works and they get cash illegally." Is Newt trying to make the point that they're fully qualified to run for congress?
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:43:50 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: yldstrk
Personal responsibility begins at home. Newt is right on this one.
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:44:42 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(You have entered an invalid birthday)
To: GeronL
He was speaking generally and he is correct.
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:45:04 AM PST
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: Doofer
For SOME Americans, W O R K is a dirty word!
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:45:58 AM PST
by
SMARTY
("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:46:13 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(You have entered an invalid birthday)
To: Daffynition
Why work when Mama will pepper spray her way to an XBox????
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:46:29 AM PST
by
King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
To: EricT.
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:46:42 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: yldstrk
Guess what, Newton, THERE ARE NO JOBS IN THE HELLHOLES IN WHICH THOSE KIDS LIVE. For that matter, there are no jobs for kids in most cities. The adults have had to take those Mickey D’s jobs and jobs at the hardware store because the economy is so atrocious. There are ALWAYS jobs available for people willing to work, and work cheaply. Ask any illegal Mexican.
Why do illegals get work?
1) They are willing to go where the work is. They are willing to share a room with many other people in order to have a place to sleep near to work.
2) They are willing to work diligently and hard, not mouth off to the boss, and not get into fights with their co-workers.
3) They are willing to forego buying bling, and focus on buying the tools and equipment they need to go into business for themselves.
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:48:12 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: SMARTY
For SOME Americans, W O R K is a dirty word!
WORK!!
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:48:12 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
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To: Daffynition
...Newt Gingrich said children in poor neighborhoods have "no habits of working,"...
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:48:34 AM PST
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: ZX12R
"It's not a job problem, it's a culture problem."
Right. Jobs Americans won't do, and all that. Do you people ever poke your noses outside your house?
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:48:42 AM PST
by
CowboyJay
(Generic Republican - 2012. He's the only 'electable' candidate.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Newt is responsible because of his compromising with the Democrats all the time, reaching across the aisle. Or have you forgotten
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:49:22 AM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Beagle8U
Sorry about the double post.
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:49:44 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: yldstrk
These poor kids are living in a concrete maze with parents who are children themselves. Ever seen “Blind Side”? sheesh. what a bunch of self righteous fools. The social programs (ineffectual and foolishly administered) are not what is breaking the economy.
The "social programs" are what enables the "parents who are children themselves" to keep having children. You say it's not breaking the economy. How can you have a healthy economy with a population that doesn't know how to work, and is actively hostile to the idea that they should learn how?
To: cripplecreek
I agree with you. More freedom is the right answer, government jobs is not.
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:51:13 AM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Beagle8U
Bingo!
We have a nail which has just been hit upon the head!
“Who would want to work in America? This is what the taxpayers are paying for!”
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:51:52 AM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(“Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address” - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: RockinRight
He’s not saying this to say they’re inherently lazy or “bad people”, he’s (correctly) saying that due to the welfare society, fatherlessness, etc...that they don’t know anything else. They don’t see successful people to look up to. Yes that headline is a typical MSM distortion. I'm not a Gingrich supporter, but it's very disappointing to see Freepers repeating the MSM's calumnies.
And BTW Gingrich is right - there isn't a culture of work in the 'hood.
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posted on
12/02/2011 6:52:13 AM PST
by
jtal
(Runnin' a World in Need with White Folks' Greed - since 1492)
To: GeronL
He didn’t say all poor kids were lazy criminals. I am sure he will have to explain himself at some point, but I believe he is speaking of the underlying culture that has been bred. Obviously some escape, but the vast majority do not.
To: GeronL
most kids - those with more, those with less - do not and will not work.
When the kids are poor this is a bigger problem because the parents do have the means to provide the gadgets and bling that kids want, so guess who they look to?
One size never fits all but he's right.
To: ZX12R
Welfare, food stamps, drug dealing, and theft make them a good living right where they are. It's not a job problem, it's a culture problem. They don't know how to work, they know how to get money, and they're not the same thing.
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