It seems Newts point was entirely missed by his fans:
Elementary school education should not be free and open to everyone.
It should be privatized and cost money.
(Right there, I can't see how anyone could support that change in the United States of America.)
Yet, Newt goes on:
Those children too poor to afford the cost of a basic education could work for it.
They could do so by doing a job that is now considered too dangerous and illegal for them to do (work with toxic chemicals, exposure to disease, etc)
Child labor laws are "stupid" (Newt's word) and now prevent that, and should be repealed to allow this.
Newts ideas have nothing at all to do with the way kids nowadays start their work careers at age 14 or so by working part-time after school or on weekends.
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