The Florida-based think tank and its lobbying arm, the Opportunity Solutions Project, have found remarkable success among Republicans to relax regulations that prevent children from working long hours in dangerous conditions. And they are gaining traction at a time the Biden administration is scrambling to enforce existing labor protections for children.
The FGA for years has worked systematically to shape policy at the state level, fighting to advance conservative causes such as restricting access to anti-poverty programs and blocking Medicaid expansion. (Remember it is the Red States who are enforcing these actions)
But in February, the White House announced a crackdown on child labor violators in response to what activists have described as a surge in youths — many of them undocumented immigrants — working at meat packing plants, construction sites, auto factories and other dangerous job sites.
The administration’s top labor lawyer called the proposed state child labor laws “irresponsible,” and said it could make it easier for employers to hire children for dangerous work. (Washington Post) (Look closely, it is the Dems who are trying to fight back)
When do the people who actually believe in Pro-Life, as well as a life well lived, a life with freedom, equality, justice, and oh yeah, a life created by true unconditional love, start ACTING UP, SPEAKING LOUD, and demanding an end to conservative causes, that are destructive and destroy so many people’s lives.
When do we fight back against placing kids in harm's way, not by Drag Queens, or Banning Books, but by using child labor in the most reckless and feckless manners. By permitting kids to run for safe rooms in schools. By now insisting that no kid should play outside due to an errant basketball or stepping on someone else’s driveway. I wish I knew how to start a movement demanding the true definition of being Pro-Life. I feel so frustrated by the “EVIL THAT MEN AND WOMEN DO!”
