“Anyone with children in their lives can see just how real the mental health crisis among our youth is,” said Borton, R-Gaylord. “The amount of trauma every kid carries with them is something we couldn’t have even imagined when we were growing up. Our kids are constantly targeted by social media companies who care more about profit than safety. They face cyberbullies who want nothing more than to reduce their sense of self-worth to nothing. These kids even lived through a pandemic. Democrats know this; they’ve got kids too. They chose to cut school safety and mental health funding anyway.”

“The Unemployment Insurance Agency is almost entirely funded on the backs of small businesses. This bill seeks to force businesses to bankroll unemployment benefits for employees who chose not to seek a new job in a timely manner,” said Borton, R-Gaylord. “Obviously, the unemployment system is important, but state government should not be expanding the burden on small businesses or allowing people who don’t want to work to further abuse the system.”