And to those who say this is unrealistic, in the last industrial revolution, Ohio was the wealthiest state in the union. People forget this fact. It Ohio was the third most populous state at the turn of the last century. even in the 1950s. And that's not in the scheme of things that long ago. And so we've always been the state of the pioneers, the explorers, the Neil Armstrongs and the John Glenn's going to the outer frontiers of outer space. (01:08–01:15)
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