Gretchen Whitmer: “Through efforts to bring down the cost of a four-year…”

“You can't just get into the middle class without education beyond high school nowadays. And that education is priced out of possibility for a lot of people. And so Through efforts to bring down the cost of a four-year degree, open up more paths into apprenticeships and into the trades. We have really increased our skill sets in Michigan, too, which is another important thing that we've done to protect our workforce and to make sure that we're in an attractive place for business to invest.” (45:22–45:31)

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