Phil Scott: “We have less people working than we did seven years ago.”

“But again, as a business owner, I'm looking for somebody to either stay out of my way or be a helping hand to me and trying to grow my business. It's a very expensive state to live in. We have less people working than we did seven years ago. That tells me that the workforce is shrinking, the unemployment rate is great, you know, three point whatever percent unemployment rate, that's wonderful.” (10:35–10:40)

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