For the dam time the gop does not care about protecting kids. It has never been about the kids it has always and will always be about hating the lgbtq community and non-whites.
For the last dam time part 2 electric boogaloo there is no shortage of people wanting to work. There is a shortage of pay! You pay people a real living wage and healthcare and you will have tons of people will be lining up to work.
And yet somehow corporations and their lapdogs (both the GOP and democrats) are making more money than ever. I'm still dumbfounded by it, i don't think it'll ever make sense.
Also, they hate women and the plebs trying to attain higher education just as much as the LGBTQ+ and POC communities, as evidenced by the lovely recent SC(R)OTU(M)S rulings.