2008 Woodie Awards
Former House Speaker forecasts nation's fate
Anna Sohn
Issue date: 4/18/08 Section: News
Students for a Democratic Society member Joe Coyle ('10) was one of the few non-Republican supporters who asked Gingrich a question during the Q-and-A session. "I asked him if he thought there was a relation between government cuts in social welfare programs and the general intelligence or education levels of Americans," Coyle said.
Gingrich claimed that cutting welfare programs was the most successful method of encouraging people to stop relying on the government and begin supporting themselves by working. "Virtually every successful person I've met started working between [ages] 9 and 13," he said. "You learn how to work and save money."
When asked before the lecture how he would run a liberal arts university as president, Gingrich wasn't eager to jump into Weisbuch's shoes. " [I'd run in it] badly. I like to read and teach. The president has a difficult job, dealing with faculty, etc. Liberal arts institutions like this are fabulous," he said. "They're intimate enough to create a community of learning. There's time to have conversation."
Gingrich claimed that cutting welfare programs was the most successful method of encouraging people to stop relying on the government and begin supporting themselves by working. "Virtually every successful person I've met started working between [ages] 9 and 13," he said. "You learn how to work and save money."
When asked before the lecture how he would run a liberal arts university as president, Gingrich wasn't eager to jump into Weisbuch's shoes. " [I'd run in it] badly. I like to read and teach. The president has a difficult job, dealing with faculty, etc. Liberal arts institutions like this are fabulous," he said. "They're intimate enough to create a community of learning. There's time to have conversation."
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