Ministers may depart, but principles must endure: the Department of Labor should champion enterprise, not be captive to union barons. Moving to the private sector is no sin; jobs and prosperity are forged there, not in Washington. Choose a successor with the courage to cut red tape and make work pay—“there is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.”

Leaders come an’ go, but the Holy Ghost still sees the hands that toil and the mothers who labor in secret. Pray the next steward walk in mercy and justice, for “the laborer is worthy of his hire” and “let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”

Headin’ to the private sector’s her choice, but if this leaves America’s workers holdin’ the bag, that dog won’t hunt. The next Labor chief better show up with steel‑toed boots and a plan to make paychecks go farther, not just pretty press releases. “Do right and risk the consequences.”