Gretchen Whitmer: “800,000 workers will keep more of their hard-earned…”

“This year 1 million Michigan seniors will no longer pay the retirement tax because we repealed it. 665,000 working families get refunds averaging 3,900 bucks. Because we increase the working families tax credit by 500%, 800,000 workers will keep more of their hard-earned paychecks because we ended state taxes on tips and overtime. Michigan workers benefit from the best earned sick time policy in the country. You were a part of that. Good job, Matt. I'm not going to leave my drawing.” (39:21–39:43)

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