You know, before I became governor, I used to zero in on what I thought was the number one problem. I still believe it is. West Virginia has the lowest workforce participation rate in America. About 54.3%. That's much lower than the national average of 62%. It's another way of saying we need a lot more people to net migration to come into our state, but we … (07:37–07:47)
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