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Todd Novak: “The birth rate has gone down, you know, and we should have…”

Featuring: Todd Novak, Republican | Wisconsin State Assembly, 51st District

Legislative Update with Wisconsin State Senator Howard Marklein and State Representative Todd Novak

Published March 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 37:37

And you're right. I'm. I'm the only one in this room. Not a baby boomer, by the way, but. Oh, rub it in, rub it in. The birth. The birth rate has gone down, you know, and we should have saw this coming. Declining enrollment in schools started how many years ago. So I think what, what, what we're ha. Is happening. And with COVID we're feeling the effect of that shrinkage of the workforce. (37:37–37:43)

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Asserts that the birth rate has decreased, which was predictable.

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