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Update: Louisiana Bureaucrats Block Social Worker, So She Hired the Kids Herself
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- John Stossel on Odysee
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- Jun 2, 2026
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- 344
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Summary
Four years ago, I reported on social worker Ursula Newell-Davis’s fight to help special needs kids. Louisiana's Health Department told her she couldn’t work because her business wasn’t needed. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ _ How does the government know if a business is needed? The market should decide. Bureaucrats say blocking businesses like hers helps “limit the burden on regulators." That’s absurd. “That’s just not a legitimate excuse that the government doesn’t have enough money to administer people’s constitutional rights.” says Anastasia Boden of the Pacific Legal Foundation. She’s helping Newell-Davis sue Louisiana. But It’s not just Louisiana--dozens of states have laws that force entrepreneurs to prove they’re needed. In this update video, I report on her fight, and the new way she found to help special needs kids, without government interference. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo6KXckkU-0