But what we've seen over time is that Michigan now has a declining population, an aging population, and a lot of our jobs are low wage. In fact, 60% of our jobs right now in Michigan pay less than $50,000 a year. So when you put that on top of this space where we have rising prescription drug costs, we have housing costs, childcare, all of these things create this pressure in Michigan where families are really hurting. (04:28–04:33)
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