A West Michigan woman says the state is threatening her with fines and possibly jail time for babysitting her neighbors' children.
Lisa Snyder of Middleville says her neighborhood school bus stop is right in front of her home. It arrives after her neighbors need to be at work, so she watches three of their children for 15-40 minutes until the bus comes.
The Department of Human Services received a complaint that Snyder was operating an illegal child care home. DHS contacted Snyder and told her to get licensed, stop watching her neighbors' kids, or face the consequences.
"It's ridiculous." says Snyder. "We are friends helping friends!" She added that she accepts no money for babysitting.
Mindy Rose, who leaves her 5-year-old with Snyder, agrees. "She's a friend... I trust her."
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If that weren't bad enough, Massachusetts is doing the same thing here.
Ask yourself the question, was it conservatives or "progressives" who wrote and enforced these ridiculous laws?
For sure, these laws were intended to protect the children but ask yourself this question, who gets hurt from these laws, the working poor or the rich?
See, the rich can already afford quality daycare and probably build flex time into their work schedules so they don't have to worry about time/costs. But if your poor and you have to rely on the generosity of neighbors, you get screwed.
Once again, I posit that I'm not a conservative for my own selfish reasons. I'm a conservative for the least of us. In this case parents who are willing to help a neighbor in need.
What's so "progressive" about sticking it to the little guy?
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