12-27 IAN Insanity

 Maybe you heard my rant last Tuesday which I entitled Are you kidding me?  In disbelief, I outlined the fact that the department of labor was trying to limit the amount of time kids could spend working on their family farms. This is over-the-top Obama-ism and defies almost all things American. Well, fortunately, Kansas Senator Jerry Moran is leading an effort to head off onerous new Department of Labor rules which spell out what young people can and cannot do while working on farms and farm-related businesses. While DOL says the rules do not apply to young people engaged in working on their own family farms - Moran doesn't buy it.  “My interest in agriculture certainly is for profitability on the farm. What caused me to have an interest in public service and politics was the belief that we live our lives in a pretty special way in rural America and this undercuts the ability for that way of life to continue. We are in fight mode and we are asking for senators to join us to tell the department of labor to with draw this regulation and in our letter that we are circulating among senators that will go to the department of labor has the American Farm Bureau, national cattlemen, retailers… those kind of groups supporting us. Now - Moran says lawmakers and farm groups have launched a major effort to have the department drop the proposal all together