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That is only true if you mean the employers who are free from the checks and balances of the work ter workers they ploy. the freedom to support themselves and their families thanks to fair wages and employer-based health care and retirement benefits or the freedom for workers to have time to spend with their families thanks to the 40-hour workweek and paid holidays and family medical leave. all workers relates that we now take for granted but that we wouldn't have at all if it weren't for unions. that's why you are so off base with your claim that the right to work law would only affect the 17...

Applies in michigan to about 17.5% of our workforce. that's significant but most people don't have it as an issue. if you look where michigan was at, we were at the bottom for an entire decade. we are at the comeback state because we have done so many things, paying down our debt, and we are the sixth fastest growing state in the nation compared to 50th in prior years. this is a device i have issue after the election. we had a ballot proposal that brought up a lot of labor issues. this is one that continued. it's a device i have issue. it's my position let's take leadership and address it in a...

Applies in michigan to about 17.5% of our workforce. that's significant but most people don't have it as an issue. if you look where michigan was at, we were at the bottom for an entire decade. we are at the comeback state because we have done so many things, paying down our debt, and we are the sixth fastest growing state in the nation compared to 50th in prior years. this is a device i have issue after the election. we had a ballot proposal that brought up a lot of labor issues. this is one that continued. it's a device i have issue. it's my position let's take leadership and address it in a...

Degree of travel. about 43 million people taking to roads and in the air this thanksgiving. but the good news is that the worst is over for outgoing travel. yesterday we saw a nightmare on the roads. and certain airports, tuesday as well. but today if you're traveling you're going to see you might have locked in a good deal for a flight and less lines through security and easy travel day. >> if you can do it today. otherwise, overall, how expensive is air fare this year? >> up 9% year over year. expect $386 for thanksgiving travel. looking ahead to christmas $417 for the december holidays. tha...

This is a huge economic issue. we spent 17.5% of our income on health care. >> anybody who gets medical care, hundreds of thousands of dollars, imagine working class mom opening up that kind of bill. you know? with a -- you know, somebody sending that to her with a straight face. that understanding of that kind of reality for millions of american americans drove him to make sure that legislation got passed. ittic thats a conscious effort to stay connected with what's going on in people's lives. >> this was a matter of principle for him. he ran on it, he said he was going to do it and he did it...