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Gretchen Whitmer: “When we cut the retirement tax or quintuple, the earned…”

Featuring: Gretchen Whitmer, Democratic | Governor of Michigan

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan Talks 8 Years in Office, Gas Prices and Free College Tuition

Published | Video Starts at 43:33

So when we feed those 1.4 million kids in Michigan breakfast and lunch, it saves parents about 800 bucks a year per student in their household. When we cut the retirement tax or quintuple, the earned income tax credit, that's thousands of dollars back in working people's pockets. I have proposed property tax relief in Michigan. So there are a lot of different pieces to helping people keep money in their pockets. To it was to get help people get ahead. (43:33–43:44)

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