Rep. Jack Kingston Proposes That Poor Students Sweep Floors In Exchange For Lunch

"It is sad that trying to have a productive conversation about instilling a strong work ethic in the next generation of Americans so quickly devolves into the usual name-calling partisan hysteria. Having worked from a young age himself, Congressman Kingston understands the value of hard work and the important role it plays in shaping young people."

Uhm,,,no! Dude was born with the proverbial silver spoon. What I don't get, and the article does points this out, what is with this regurgitation of worn out rhetoric? If one reads between the lines of Gringrich's claptrap, it is a means of busting unions. He wants to shift the load from higher paying jobs down to what would amount to slave labor. Yea, that will help the economy,,,NOT!

And kudos to Sesame2009 in the comments section, s/he sums it up well: "Sweeping and mopping for your children when they've done nothing wrong. Spa treatment with horsey rides for ours when they end the lives of 4 innocent people." ...The Republican mantra.

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) wants kids to learn early in life that there's no such thing as a free lunch. To make sure they absorb that lesson, he's proposing that low-income children do some manual labor in exchange for their subsidized meals.

On Saturday, Kingston, who is vying to be his party's nominee in Georgia's Senate race next year, spoke at a meeting of the Jackson County Republican Party about the federal school lunch program.

[,,,]
But on Saturday, Kingston came out against free lunches, saying that children should have to pay at least a nominal amount or do some work like sweeping cafeteria floors.

"But one of the things I’ve talked to the secretary of agriculture about: Why don’t you have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel to instill in them that there is, in fact, no such thing as a free lunch? Or maybe sweep the floor of the cafeteria -- and yes, I understand that that would be an administrative problem, and I understand that it would probably lose you money. But think what we would gain as a society in getting people -- getting the myth out of their head that there is such a thing as a free lunch," he said.

Rep. Jack Kingston Proposes That Poor Students Sweep Floors In Exchange For Lunch