As March, the month that honors women, comes to an end, a Biden administration rule that will harm economic opportunities for women is ramping up.

Seems counterintuitive, doesn’t it?

Shortly before Women’s History Month began this year, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation promising all sorts of big-government “help,” saying in part: “If we want to have the strongest economy in the world, we cannot leave women – half of our workforce – behind.”

On its face, that sounds fine. I’d even agree – if Biden’s actions weren’t doing the exact opposite.

In January, Biden presented the country with a new Department of Labor rule that will make it much harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors rather than more costly employees. The rule took effect March 11.

The regulation is a boon to Biden’s union buddies who want to unionize as many people as possible, but bad news for the millions........

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