Well, I really believe strongly that the cost of goods for people being too high means that every day, and I've been doing this before, people were chanting affordability every day. We should be trying to eat away at the problem for people. So I raised the minimum wage in Illinois from $8.25 to $15. in fact, the latest raise last January. And So that's given 1.4 million people in Illinois raise. And if you want to make things more affordable, by the way, put some more money in people's pockets. (48:53–49:03)
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