How New Overtime Rules Are Destroying Small Businesses [Video]

A hiring sign is displayed in Wheeling, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Are the feds out to crush small businesses? That’s what it looks like, as the Department of Labor pushes for stricter overtime rules that could spell disaster for family-run operations across America. Luke Wake, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, joined me to talk about the real impact these bureaucratic power plays are having on people like Robert Mayfield, a second-generation Dairy Queen owner who’s fighting back against federal overreach.

Mayfield’s story starts in the heart of Texas, where his father, a cowboy-turned-businessman, opened up the family’s first Dairy Queen back in the ‘40s. Fast forward to today, and Mayfield’s legacy as the “King of Queens” in Austin is under threat, thanks to the Department …