come down. an average of a couple thousands of dollars. you are the 24th state to have it do you believe that salaries are going to come down in michigan? well, let me put it in perspective for you. we didn t have right to work in michigan and in the last decade from 2000 to 2010 wages in michigan went down substantially. we went from being in the teens of the 50 states to being 40th. so we saw a significant drop not being a right-to-work state. the last couple years we started coming back up, i view this as an opportunity for more people to have work and to have better jobs. just this last week we are ranked number three for high tech job growth in the entire country. and if you look at most of those jobs aren t going to be unionized and they are going to be good paying jobs. this is all about more and better jobs and good paying jobs. it s going to work in michigan. bill: i have got to ask you about detroit which is a city on the verge of collapse. we think mayor dave bing is a g
come down. an average of a couple dollars. you are the 24th state to have it do you believe that salaries are going to come down in michigan? well, let me put it in perspective for you. we didn t have right to work in michigan and in the last decade from 2000 to 2010 wages in michigan went down substantially. we went from being in the teens of the 50 states to being 40th. so we saw a significant drop not being a right-to-work state. the last couple years we started coming back up, i view this as an opportunity for more people to have work and to have better jobs. just this last week we are ranked number three for high tech job growth in the entire country. and if you look at most of those jobs aren t going to be unionized and they are going to be good paying jobs. this is all about more and better jobs and good paying jobs. it s going to work in michigan. bill: i have got to ask you about detroit which is a city on the verge of collapse. we think mayor dave bing is a
i want to turn to the ramifications that come along with the right to work laws, because michigan is now the 24th state in the country to enact such union limiting laws. i want you to listen to what the governor said this morning, governor snyder, on morning joe just a few hours after the power of the unions. if you go to the last century, people flocked to join the unions because they saw value in that. fast forward to today, shouldn t unions still have to present a value proposition? and if they do, people will join. people will want to be part of a union and if they don t provide value, people shouldn t be forced to pay for something they don t see any value in. the value proposition. andy, as a republican, how do you respond to that comment, especially in a state where 17% of workers are in unions? why are unions so important to you? what is the value proposition? well, the value proposition is this. when you go into bargaining or negotiating a contract or
24th state that would be a right to work state. recently it happened in wisconsin and there was a lot of uprigs. last year it happened in indiana. it seems to be a trend. really it s spurred on by the voters. they vote in this referendum, as they did in michigan. then it s up to the governor to sign it into law and because there are now 30-plus governors who are republicans across the country that, is one of the reasons they tend to be more in favor of this. eric: it s kind of interesting that there is pushback coming from the union, coming from the labor leaders because michigan has a 9.1% unemployment rate. ohio next door, who also competes for auto jobs, 6.9%. john kasich has done a good job there. wisconsin also competes for auto jobs as well. 6.9%. so why not try something different? remember joanne watson, the council woman who said, hey, president obama, bring home the bacon where. is our bailout? we voted for you. detroit city council woman.
legislature would have to give a license plate to real estate develo developers in favor of development. gregg: i m completely out of time. good to see you both. good debate. martha: significanting argument. let s go over to jenna low and find out what is coming up a few minutes away on happening now. jenna: he was just telling me he had a desaoeurpb license plate. he was a poe die a podiatrist. we will be talking about the big story, protestors taking over the state capitol in michigan. as michigan becomes a right to work state. it could happen any time. more coverage about the state of tennessee. tennessee is becoming the latest state to say it will not institute state-run exchanges. we ll talk to the governor about why that decision was made, plus as you know it s been three months since the deadly terror attacks on our diplomats in libya. are we safe, and what is really