Patrick Anderson
Patrick Anderson
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Health care costs are one area where local governments have as much trouble as anybody else, with very little control. You can do some things to control health care costs, but they're painful.
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I can't think of a clearer signal to investors to stay away from Michigan than that. It's one of the most dangerous initiatives for the Michigan economy in years.
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It's not so much a rah?rah type of thing. It's just going after it every day. It's 140 games. When we were going well, 11?game winning streak, little things were happening. Balls were falling in. Guys were just competing. We have to do the same thing when we're struggling. These kids compete every day.
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It was possible for people with a high school education to get a job that paid $75,000 to $100,000 and six weeks of paid vacation. Those jobs are disappearing. The ... low-skill, upper-middle-class way of life is in danger.
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It's wrong to think of the automobile industry as a dinosaur. The automobile industry is the cornerstone of the high-tech industry in Michigan.
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It's mostly concentration, being consistent every day with his early work and preparing himself for a game. When he watches the ball all the way through and gets good pitches to hit, he has a chance. You start getting frustrated and when you get frustrated you get in a slump, so to speak. You're overdoing things. You're trying to do too much. That's what he got into.
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The fact that an offer of this magnitude wasn't enough to keep one Ford factory here underlines how bad Michigan's business climate is and how difficult times are for our domestic automakers.
Everyone thought I was the underdog, but we showed them.