Save Our Children
The TPPF take: There are countless tragic stories about the destructive harms of social media.
“Texas should be the national leader on the issue of child online safety by taking the bold step of prohibiting social media use by minors,” says TPPF’s Zach Whiting. “States place age-restrictions on numerous behaviors, such as driving, voting, smoking, drinking, and entering into a valid contract, among other things. This proposal would recognize social media as a prohibited harm to minors.”
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What Plants Crave
What to know: Those who warn of climate catastrophe are forgetting that on the whole, carbon is necessary for life on earth.
The TPPF take: This kind of alarmism has created a new malady: eco-anxiety.
“Instead of using fear over the most extreme weather scenarios, our media, leaders, parents, and teachers should communicate to our young people the complete story of fossil fuels and the benefits of affordable and reliable energy,” says TPPF’s Syd Lucas. “Energy is the key to human flourishing.”
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Inflation is the Grinch
The TPPF take: In President Biden’s economy, more and more Americans are having to choose between buying food and purchasing the other necessities of life, such as fuel to get to work and to heat homes.
“Tight diesel and natural gas supplies threaten to exacerbate already sky-high inflation and supply chain issues, devastating American families,” says TPPF’s Jason Isaac. “According to data the Department of Energy released, our diesel supply (essential for supply chain transportation) is down to 25 days, the lowest level on record going back to 1993. For people in the Northeast, who depend on diesel to heat their homes in the winter, supplies have dropped to a third of their typical levels for this time of year.”
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