Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

It shows up in the, I take my kid to school and that school is the same one I went to 30 years ago and it looks the same as it did 30 years ago.

And I've tried to read with my kid, but my kid can't read.

It shows up in the, I don't know what's wrong with the quality of water, but it doesn't look right.

It shows up in the, you know, I've had to change my tire three times because there are potholes in my road.

It shows up in all those ways.

But here's the interesting thing.

It doesn't matter if you're talking to somebody at a VFW hall in Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula, or you're talking to somebody at a church in Detroit, or you're talking to somebody at a living room in Grand Rapids.

You're talking about the same issues.

But here's the thing.

Our politicians have taught us to believe that the reason we don't have is because somebody else has.

And most of us don't get the incredible privilege of traveling the state like I do and being able to meet people in their homes and in their churches.

to see for yourself that actually the problems are the same.

And the reason none of us have is because of decisions made by people in DC to make sure people in places like New York and Silicon Valley get more and more and more while they take more and more and more for us.

And that's how it shows up.

It is painful because the thing about it is this, most people work hard.

And they want the good things.

And our system has told them that the reason they don't have them is because of their failure.

And that's the worst part of it, right?

They're like, what did I do wrong?

It's like, well, you didn't do anything wrong.