You're worried about the cost of utilities now. You can't imagine what happens if these communities continue to shrink, if we don't replace our population. We just don't have enough ratepayers, enough people to afford the new bridge, the new tunnel, the new water system. So that's just an extrapolation. So what do we do to reverse that trend? We need to keep more of our young people here, right? (23:12–23:19)
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Asserts that Michigan lacks sufficient ratepayers to fund new infrastructure projects.
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