If intrusions, environmental toxins and a furthering police state were not enough, the bill would also restrict student loans to young people who were convicted of drug possession. We all know that we may educate our children against drugs and hope that they will never try them, but statistics after statistics reflect, most children and teenagers will experiment. Under Newt's proposal, this teenager will never have the opportunity to be granted a student loan. In essence, this young adult will never have the opportunity to better himself and further educate himself because of one mistake he made as a teenager. Newt has also called for a life imprisonment penalty for trafficking in methamphetamine.
Politicians single out a certain drug every election year.
Last election cycle it was crack cocaine. This election year methamphetamine will take the prize. Already there are many parents serving life sentences under the current sentencing procedures for non-violent drug offenses. Children cannot understand these lengthy sentences that keep them separated from their mothers and fathers when they know their parents have not committed murder or other violent offenses. Newt knows the answer.