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News Brief: Media's Credulous "Labor Shortage" Reporting Helps Lay Groundwork For Repealing Child Labor Laws

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The US Is Choosing Child Labor Over More Immigration

The historic labor shortage is propping up inflation as desperate employers raise wages to attract scarce workers, then boost prices to compensate for higher cost. New York Magazine's Eric Levitz quote, the US is choosing child labor over more immigration. The piece repeatedly repeats this labor shortage framing. But then they still take at face value the fact that there's a labor shortage.

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