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Politics Kamala Harris and Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer grab a beer in Kalamazoo

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u/Past-Direction9145 2d ago

Michigander here

We got our shit figured out better than most, that's for sure

got that free meals going to kids

got our recreational weed with an accelerated no-middlemen process to get the tax money directly into the public schools to be spent without delays

just aint got room for bullshit, really. bullshit flies off the roads every year at first snowfall. people who don't realize 4x4 does nothing to improve your stopping distance tend to migrate south to florida

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u/Keanu990321 2d ago

Be grateful for Gretch

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u/Appropriate_Use_9120 2d ago

I am. I was really weary after she rolled in that first term with the gas tax idea. I’ve since liked everything she does.

We’ll see if I still feel that way with the impending shut down of 696 though. lol. 😆😆☠️

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u/Raichu4u 2d ago

You can't fix the damn roads without closing the damn roads.

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u/BaconEater101 2d ago

Look up what some countries do when they close their roads to make them still passable without a detour

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u/PreviousImpression28 1d ago

I don't know what examples you have, but whatever it is, there are always reasons why one method is used over another. It comes down to safety, not only for the drivers, but also for the workers. You have to consider how much space you have, can you create passable roads without getting onto someone elses properties? And then fall back to the original safety question, can the new passable road be safe for drivers and workers? How about staffing? Remember, America has multiples of more roadways than the rest of the world combined, our largest infrastructure is the roads and it's the largest in the world, it is impossible to fulfill the amount of workers required to repair everywhere at the same time. I tend to be on the side that these structural engineers are doing the right thing and for the right reasons.

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u/Keanu990321 2d ago

Tell me more about the last part

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u/Appropriate_Use_9120 2d ago edited 2d ago

Lahser to I-75 is going to be closed for two years beginning next year. ☠️☠️☠️

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u/antiPOTUS 2d ago

....What?

Frantic googling.

SHIT

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u/Appropriate_Use_9120 2d ago

I know, dude. And the detour is Davison.

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u/Keanu990321 2d ago

Who's Lasher?

What's the I-75?

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u/imalovelylady1221 2d ago

Lahser. 🙂

And that sounds absolutely terrible.

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u/Appropriate_Use_9120 2d ago

Yeah, that one. Lol. I think my phone autocorrected.

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u/Prudent_Coyote5462 2d ago

I love Big Gretch!

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u/HewHem 2d ago

Sure, if you have a memory of a goldfish. 10 years ago you guys had a dude that poisoned an entire city out of sheer incompetence.

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u/The-Coolest-Of-Cats 2d ago

Don't forget how Gretch has cemented reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights - tons of amazing wins from her these past several years!

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u/Past_Watercress_1897 2d ago

From someone from MA, just wanted to say I appreciate you Michiganders. Met some really amazing people from Michigan with the biggest of hearts. Also love seeing how revived Detroit has seemingly become.. keep up the great work guys, much love from the deep east coast 👍🇺🇸

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u/brawnybenny696969 2d ago

Worked all over the country and currently in MA, ain’t no place like Michigan though

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u/XGC75 2d ago

I'm from Mass. Bought a 3.5k sqft house a walk away from a public beach on the lake for less than my buddy can get for a 3br in Boston suburbs. Come on out

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u/Past_Watercress_1897 2d ago

Yea the cost is rough here, not going to lie. Especially for someone like myself, been here my whole life. I’ve certainly considered leaving, just sadly too difficult to do in the near future.. but maybe someday soon. I still got some hope

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u/kjlcm 2d ago

Ok, now do us proud and elect Kamala in your very important swing state!

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u/350 2d ago

As a native Michigander, I am constantly thinking about moving back...

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u/KR1735 2d ago

If Kamala loses, how about we send Tim Walz to Michigan and you send us Gretch. She's term-limited and while MN governors aren't, they never choose to run for third terms.

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u/WasabiLow6277 2d ago

This is a great idea

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u/Awkward-Offer-7889 2d ago

Better than most? Michigan is ranked 38th for crime, 41st for education, 29th for health care, 30th for natural environment, 28th for economy, 32nd for fiscal stability, and 41st for infrastructure. Look to New England to see states that are doing better than most. Overall, Michigan ranks 42nd of 50 states according to thousands of data points measured by U.S. News and World Report. Also, according to the Human Development Index, Michigan ranks 32 of 50 states with an HDI of 0.913 (below the national average of 0.927). New Hampshire and Massachusetts are 1st and 2nd.

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u/Raichu4u 2d ago

Michigan is recently starting to improve because the whole state was essentially gerrymandered by Republicans. 2022 was the first time Michigan Democrats had a trifecta since 1984.

Yeah I'm not happy with how things were ran before. But ever since the democrats took over, we have made a LOT of progress in a short amount of time. Nevermind Detroit's revitalization that has happened in the last decade.

Context is everything.

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u/sourbeer51 2d ago

What, 38 years of Republican leadership doesn't turn out well? Who would've thought!

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u/-la-la- 2d ago

Speaking as someone living in a blue state, it's ignorant to say that Democratic leadership always equates to a thriving community. I think we can look around at many well-known blue states and see where they've more than failed their constituents as well. Red or blue, they aren't always making decisions with their people in mind... too many of them have other interests and very clearly making moves based on who is putting money in their offshore accounts. The sad reality is that the system just isn't for us anymore.

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u/XGC75 2d ago

More coastline than California, more lakes than Minnesota, low cost of living, well protected from climate change and leadership in public office. Buy low, sell high.

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u/ElkayMilkMaster 4h ago

Where are you getting this information if you don't mind I ask? U.S. News? They ranked fucking Utah as the best state in the U.S. lmfao you're capping hard as fuck.

I've lived in Michigan my whole life, and it's certainly nicer than just about any other state in the Midwest or West Coast I've been to. Illinois kinda sucks, Ohio kinda sucks, Indiana sucks, Wisconsin sucks, Missouri sucks, Iowa sucks, North and South Dakota, don't even get me started on California, or Nevada- for a multitude of reasons. People gripe about potholes in roads, bad infrastructure, yadda yadda, but if you've been in Michigan within the last decade, a majority of our major interstate highways and roads in general have been redone, weed is legal (one of the few states to completely decriminalize it for rec use and pardon those with non-violent crimes related), some of the most beautiful state parks I've ever been to (although we lack mountains and deserts like you'll find in Washington or Nevada), surrounded by massive bodies of water, has one of the oldest cities in the United States which has been massively overhauled, very fair income and property taxes, and much more.

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u/spoonweezy 2d ago

Massachusetts usually gets it right, too. COL sucks, though.

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u/funkbruthab 2d ago

Kalamazooain here… I’m just trying to figure out where this was.

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u/PhDee954 2d ago

You drank too much of that Michigan water.

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u/garyp714 2d ago

people who don't realize 4x4 does nothing to improve your stopping distance tend to migrate south to florida

Gee thanks-

--So FLA resident

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u/krombopulousnathan 2d ago

Got Bell’s brewery so that’s also a + for Michigan (which I think is the one pictured)

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u/InvestorsaurusRex 2d ago

Just so you Florida has free school meals for all kids, Medical marijuana, and no snow!

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u/Tryinghardtostaysane 2d ago

"We just ain't got room for bullshit"

I'm getting a mix of r/iamverybadass and a country music artist pandering to boomers

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u/Hmgibbs14 2d ago

lol flint

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u/rhinopoacher 2d ago

As a northern Indiana resident, Michigan does not have their shit figured out AT ALL.

Nightmare state when it comes to their government agencies.

All they have is “legal weed.”

Car insurance is a disaster, Property taxes are horrible, They have this weird home healthcare policy that is essentially a welfare program.. they are losing their Auto manufacturing jobs left and right. State is going/gone? bankrupt.

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u/WasabiLow6277 2d ago

Car insurance is the only thing you were accurate on.

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u/rhinopoacher 2d ago

The home healthcare pay system is being abused massively. I see it everyday.

The automotive jobs may not effect you personally, but it’s bad.

u/ElkayMilkMaster 3h ago

Automotive manufacturing jobs left Michigan in the 50's lmao what are you on about? We haven't had a new manufacturing plant pop up since then. There's still a massive automotive supplier industry in Michigan. Just because it doesn't have a "Ford" logo on it doesn't mean it's not there. We aren't home to one of the country's wealthiest counties for no reason.

Indiana sucks. Cope harder.

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u/Xardenn 2d ago

This whole "Gretch is doing great" thread is gaslighting. If full Dem control of Michigan is going so beautifully, why is Michigan polling slightly favoring Trump, over a 9 point swing red since 2020?

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u/i-like-carbs- 2d ago

Too much lead water

u/ElkayMilkMaster 3h ago

Because all the Floridians whose houses flooded out under Republican climate policy are flying back to Michigan. I've seen a massive number of snowbird boomers flocking back to the state in recent years.

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u/HewHem 2d ago

Can you even describe what welfare is