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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We'll tie it all together, do our best. Kyle Olsen
from the Midwestern to Midwestern or Dot News, jumping on
with us this morning. Good morning, Kyle, how are you hey?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Good morning. I've been in Michigan over forty five years,
and I don't remember this Canadian smoke until what whether
it start last year or the year before, why a
couple of years back.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Yeah, I don't. It's a very good question. I mean,
I've talked to people who lived here forever, uh, and
they're the same way, don't ever remember seeing anything, hearing
anything about it. By the way, it's not just here,
they're seeing it all across New York. Some of the
pictures you've seen as far down as New York City
and you get some of those iconic images with the
(00:39):
Statue of Liberty. But I talked to people that have
experienced it down as far as Alabama. What what what
is it that all of a sudden and then then
the other thing is we're supposed to accept it, Well,
this is just a new normal.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
What right? And it's you know, the people sort of
wagging their finger at at Canada started. You know, John
James wrote a letter, I don't know what a letter
is going to do and then he put out a
video talking about why they're not why they're going to
ignore the letter. But and I just thought, and other
(01:13):
people have said other things, but I thought, well, who
is actually going to do something? I mean, there's a
lot of politicians love to complain, they love to put
out videos, they love to fire off letters, and we
see that, you know, for a variety of things. Well,
when is somebody actually going to do something. I was
up at mackinaw earlier this week for a couple of days,
(01:35):
and you know, we're sitting at the Grand Hotel and
you can't see the mackinaw Bridge and it's not because
of you know, haze or whatever else. It's the smoke.
And somebody should do something. And I don't know who
that's going to be, but you would think somebody would
do something other than just saying, well, I sent a letter.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I think Trump could put a tariff on it. Put
a terriff on this coming in. That'll stop it real quick.
One hundred parafund is smoke. Of course, I'm I'm joking
because somebody will take that seriously. I do think that's
part of the conversation.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
But the Trump administrator. Sorry, but the Trump administration. There
was sewage that was coming from Mexico into southern California,
and they got that stopped, and the Trump administration did
something about that. And here we've got smoke that's coming
into our country and polluting our air, and they can
(02:32):
do something about it. And I'm not demanding that they do.
I'm just saying somebody can do something. And right now.
And where's Gretchen Whitmer. She supposedly is environment and she's silent.
Where's Dana Nessel? She she's going she wants to violate
a treaty over line five and yeah, and yet she's
(02:56):
silent about this.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
You know, that's a perfect example. I've been talking about
how she's busy shutting down coal plants that we need
here right and and uh and ensuing everybody and and
I just there's nothing on this, and I think it's
just kind of strange. It's kind of odd to me.
But I think the treaty in line five is even
a better example, because that is that is uh, it's
a definitely Canadian issue. So there you go, there you
(03:19):
have it. What what what? Uh? What can what can be?
Then let me ask you that what what can be
done if something were to be done, And how do
you get a hold of the Trump administration to get
this up on their radar, because you know, to their credit,
there's so much. In fact, I got a whole list
you today. I won't go through a little bit later,
but in the first two hundred days, you know, and
if you look at the accomplishments, they're massive. Is this
(03:42):
just part of that conversation that takes place between him
and the folks in Canada saying, look, you know you
got the fitnel coming over now, you've got to do
something about this smoke. We're going to help you, will
give you a little We'll give you some help and resources.
By the way, people were commenting on that as if
that was never going to happen, that that's a thing
that's just well, that'll just never happen. How are they
(04:02):
going to help, Well, they already have a great Legs
compact that does pledge our resources. Some from Michigan are
actually there right now helping out.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah. I guess that you can either you can either
use a carric or a stick, and we're both or both.
We've got how many how many Republican members of Congress
do we have from Michigan five or six? And the
governor apparently was in the Oval office meeting with the
President on Tuesday. I think it was Monday or Tuesday.
(04:38):
According to her, this was not on the list of
things to talk about, even though you know she loves
to be up at mackinaw So. I don't know. You
would just think somebody would try and do something. And
he's got a lot of a lot of leverage, But
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
We going back to this, going back to this, the
issue of why we're here right now. We got one
hundred million dollars, it's just sitting and lancing that's supposed
to go to cleaning up the ice storm. Look, we
can have the same issue here in Michigan next year
with a fire from coast to coast because of all
that tender that's just sitting and not getting cleaned up.
(05:17):
And there's money to get it done to help people
up there, and it's just sitting in the Senate. Democrats
are holding onto it. They're sitting on their hands right now.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Yeah, I getting to Mcinawe. I drove through Gaillard, we
stopped in Gailared and I mean, you can see the
evidence of the ice storm still and we published the
story was the last week or two weeks ago that
even all these months later, forty some percent of the
trails are still blocked. And yet you know, Whitmer was
(05:50):
up there with her carhart jacket on and she was
going to be in charge of the cleanup, and she's
you know, she's now disappeared. And so the House passed
one hundred million dollars, fifty eight million of it was
from the FEDS to help with the cleanup. And ninety
days ago and this then, the Michigan Senate has not
(06:15):
passed the relief. I don't know if it's because you know,
they don't care about Republican areas, or they've got other
things to do. They're not passing a budget, so I'm
not exactly sure what they're doing. But it was very
obvious that you know, this, this was a massive ice
storm that happened galared North and it's got to be
(06:37):
you know, and it was through no fault of the
people who lived there, right, and it was a major
disruption for their lives, and you know, and these are
one of those times where I think we owe it to,
you know, help and the House has helped. And now
it's sitting in the Senate where Winnie brings from Grand Rapids.
(06:59):
I'm not sure what she's doing.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
We got another story out here, in fact, I believe
it's in the report today at the Midwesterner. But it
seems like insurance rates could go. This is something that
you're going to feel immediately here in the next few
months or so. It sounds like maybe in the next year.
Thanks Whitmer, the Wolverine Queen may be responsible for another disaster.
Michigan car insurance rates could spike another nineteen percent by
(07:24):
years in on tap of the fact that drivers have
already had to pay the eighth highest in premiums in
the nation. Incredible story, and you know, talk about, you know,
the cost of living and what it's like here. This
is just another one of these scenarios with the state
that it's just hard to believe. You know, they're talking
(07:44):
about not getting trying to reverse population the climb rate,
how about not scaring people off in the first.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Place, well exactly. We published the story last week where
Michigan health insurance holders could see a double another double
digit increase after a double digit increase last year. And
the Whitburn administration has the power to approve or disapprove
(08:13):
those increases. And now we've got a story where we
could see a Michigan drivers could see a nineteen percent
increase in insurance premiums auto insurance premiums because of a
number of factors. But the point is it's we have
a I mean, one of the biggest issues is the
no fault system where you cannot be you know, it's
(08:36):
possible to not you know, be responsible for an accident,
but yet your insurance is still going to pay. And
the Democrats and the Republicans and Lansing tried to do
this auto fix in twenty nineteen. It was one of
the big things that whit Moran on She claimed it
was going to sort of get these costs under control.
(08:58):
Hasn't really done that. It's so bad that the media
and Detroit household spends one out of every seven dollars
that they earn on car insurance. So this is a
massive problem. And so when we talk about population decline,
we talk about, you know, a variety of issues. This
is why people don't want to come to Michigan because
(09:19):
if you have Whitmer is trying to lure these massive
companies to come to Michigan. They have entire departments that
analyze where we're going or where we potentially will go,
and they look at the education system, they look at
cost of living, they look at taxes, they look at
property costs, et cetera. And when they're looking at because
(09:42):
then they have to try and recruit workers and not
just from in the state but from out of state
and so but if someone is looking at the state
and they're seeing the education system is in the bottom ten,
there's you know, massive increase is going on with health insurance,
massive increases going on with car insurance, all of these
(10:05):
sorts of things. People say, why would I move to Michigan.
And so the governor has this Grow Michigan Council, which
is itself projecting we could lose another seven hundred thousand
people by twenty fifty, which is another It's a massive,
steady decline, and I think it's it's fairly obvious Gretchen
(10:26):
Whitmer has not done anything to actually grow the state
of Michigan over the last six or seven years. She's
managing our decline. And we need a governor who is
serious about solutions to actually grow our state, so we
are thriving again.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Kyle Olson from the Midwest or the Midwestern are dotinis?
Don't you just book market? Definitely do that. Put your
info in so your email so you can get updates
as they come out. They're on top of these big stories,
the ones that matter most throughout the estate. And we
appreciate you being here with us today. Thank you, my friend,
you two things you got it always a pleasure.
We'll tie it all together, do our best. Kyle Olsen
from the Midwestern to Midwestern or Dot News, jumping on
with us this morning. Good morning, Kyle, how are you hey?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Good morning. I've been in Michigan over forty five years,
and I don't remember this Canadian smoke until what whether
it start last year or the year before, why a
couple of years back.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Yeah, I don't. It's a very good question. I mean,
I've talked to people who lived here forever, uh, and
they're the same way, don't ever remember seeing anything, hearing
anything about it. By the way, it's not just here,
they're seeing it all across New York. Some of the
pictures you've seen as far down as New York City
and you get some of those iconic images with the
(00:39):
Statue of Liberty. But I talked to people that have
experienced it down as far as Alabama. What what what
is it that all of a sudden and then then
the other thing is we're supposed to accept it, Well,
this is just a new normal.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
What right? And it's you know, the people sort of
wagging their finger at at Canada started. You know, John
James wrote a letter, I don't know what a letter
is going to do and then he put out a
video talking about why they're not why they're going to
ignore the letter. But and I just thought, and other
(01:13):
people have said other things, but I thought, well, who
is actually going to do something? I mean, there's a
lot of politicians love to complain, they love to put
out videos, they love to fire off letters, and we
see that, you know, for a variety of things. Well,
when is somebody actually going to do something. I was
up at mackinaw earlier this week for a couple of days,
(01:35):
and you know, we're sitting at the Grand Hotel and
you can't see the mackinaw Bridge and it's not because
of you know, haze or whatever else. It's the smoke.
And somebody should do something. And I don't know who
that's going to be, but you would think somebody would
do something other than just saying, well, I sent a letter.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I think Trump could put a tariff on it. Put
a terriff on this coming in. That'll stop it real quick.
One hundred parafund is smoke. Of course, I'm I'm joking
because somebody will take that seriously. I do think that's
part of the conversation.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
But the Trump administrator. Sorry, but the Trump administration. There
was sewage that was coming from Mexico into southern California,
and they got that stopped, and the Trump administration did
something about that. And here we've got smoke that's coming
into our country and polluting our air, and they can
(02:32):
do something about it. And I'm not demanding that they do.
I'm just saying somebody can do something. And right now.
And where's Gretchen Whitmer. She supposedly is environment and she's silent.
Where's Dana Nessel? She she's going she wants to violate
a treaty over line five and yeah, and yet she's
(02:56):
silent about this.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
You know, that's a perfect example. I've been talking about
how she's busy shutting down coal plants that we need
here right and and uh and ensuing everybody and and
I just there's nothing on this, and I think it's
just kind of strange. It's kind of odd to me.
But I think the treaty in line five is even
a better example, because that is that is uh, it's
a definitely Canadian issue. So there you go, there you
(03:19):
have it. What what what? Uh? What can what can be?
Then let me ask you that what what can be
done if something were to be done, And how do
you get a hold of the Trump administration to get
this up on their radar, because you know, to their credit,
there's so much. In fact, I got a whole list
you today. I won't go through a little bit later,
but in the first two hundred days, you know, and
if you look at the accomplishments, they're massive. Is this
(03:42):
just part of that conversation that takes place between him
and the folks in Canada saying, look, you know you
got the fitnel coming over now, you've got to do
something about this smoke. We're going to help you, will
give you a little We'll give you some help and resources.
By the way, people were commenting on that as if
that was never going to happen, that that's a thing
that's just well, that'll just never happen. How are they
(04:02):
going to help, Well, they already have a great Legs
compact that does pledge our resources. Some from Michigan are
actually there right now helping out.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah. I guess that you can either you can either
use a carric or a stick, and we're both or both.
We've got how many how many Republican members of Congress
do we have from Michigan five or six? And the
governor apparently was in the Oval office meeting with the
President on Tuesday. I think it was Monday or Tuesday.
(04:38):
According to her, this was not on the list of
things to talk about, even though you know she loves
to be up at mackinaw So. I don't know. You
would just think somebody would try and do something. And
he's got a lot of a lot of leverage, But
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
We going back to this, going back to this, the
issue of why we're here right now. We got one
hundred million dollars, it's just sitting and lancing that's supposed
to go to cleaning up the ice storm. Look, we
can have the same issue here in Michigan next year
with a fire from coast to coast because of all
that tender that's just sitting and not getting cleaned up.
(05:17):
And there's money to get it done to help people
up there, and it's just sitting in the Senate. Democrats
are holding onto it. They're sitting on their hands right now.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Yeah, I getting to Mcinawe. I drove through Gaillard, we
stopped in Gailared and I mean, you can see the
evidence of the ice storm still and we published the
story was the last week or two weeks ago that
even all these months later, forty some percent of the
trails are still blocked. And yet you know, Whitmer was
(05:50):
up there with her carhart jacket on and she was
going to be in charge of the cleanup, and she's
you know, she's now disappeared. And so the House passed
one hundred million dollars, fifty eight million of it was
from the FEDS to help with the cleanup. And ninety
days ago and this then, the Michigan Senate has not
(06:15):
passed the relief. I don't know if it's because you know,
they don't care about Republican areas, or they've got other
things to do. They're not passing a budget, so I'm
not exactly sure what they're doing. But it was very
obvious that you know, this, this was a massive ice
storm that happened galared North and it's got to be
(06:37):
you know, and it was through no fault of the
people who lived there, right, and it was a major
disruption for their lives, and you know, and these are
one of those times where I think we owe it to,
you know, help and the House has helped. And now
it's sitting in the Senate where Winnie brings from Grand Rapids.
(06:59):
I'm not sure what she's doing.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
We got another story out here, in fact, I believe
it's in the report today at the Midwesterner. But it
seems like insurance rates could go. This is something that
you're going to feel immediately here in the next few
months or so. It sounds like maybe in the next year.
Thanks Whitmer, the Wolverine Queen may be responsible for another disaster.
Michigan car insurance rates could spike another nineteen percent by
(07:24):
years in on tap of the fact that drivers have
already had to pay the eighth highest in premiums in
the nation. Incredible story, and you know, talk about, you know,
the cost of living and what it's like here. This
is just another one of these scenarios with the state
that it's just hard to believe. You know, they're talking
(07:44):
about not getting trying to reverse population the climb rate,
how about not scaring people off in the first.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Place, well exactly. We published the story last week where
Michigan health insurance holders could see a double another double
digit increase after a double digit increase last year. And
the Whitburn administration has the power to approve or disapprove
(08:13):
those increases. And now we've got a story where we
could see a Michigan drivers could see a nineteen percent
increase in insurance premiums auto insurance premiums because of a
number of factors. But the point is it's we have
a I mean, one of the biggest issues is the
no fault system where you cannot be you know, it's
(08:36):
possible to not you know, be responsible for an accident,
but yet your insurance is still going to pay. And
the Democrats and the Republicans and Lansing tried to do
this auto fix in twenty nineteen. It was one of
the big things that whit Moran on She claimed it
was going to sort of get these costs under control.
(08:58):
Hasn't really done that. It's so bad that the media
and Detroit household spends one out of every seven dollars
that they earn on car insurance. So this is a
massive problem. And so when we talk about population decline,
we talk about, you know, a variety of issues. This
is why people don't want to come to Michigan because
(09:19):
if you have Whitmer is trying to lure these massive
companies to come to Michigan. They have entire departments that
analyze where we're going or where we potentially will go,
and they look at the education system, they look at
cost of living, they look at taxes, they look at
property costs, et cetera. And when they're looking at because
(09:42):
then they have to try and recruit workers and not
just from in the state but from out of state
and so but if someone is looking at the state
and they're seeing the education system is in the bottom ten,
there's you know, massive increase is going on with health insurance,
massive increases going on with car insurance, all of these
(10:05):
sorts of things. People say, why would I move to Michigan.
And so the governor has this Grow Michigan Council, which
is itself projecting we could lose another seven hundred thousand
people by twenty fifty, which is another It's a massive,
steady decline, and I think it's it's fairly obvious Gretchen
(10:26):
Whitmer has not done anything to actually grow the state
of Michigan over the last six or seven years. She's
managing our decline. And we need a governor who is
serious about solutions to actually grow our state, so we
are thriving again.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Kyle Olson from the Midwest or the Midwestern are dotinis?
Don't you just book market? Definitely do that. Put your
info in so your email so you can get updates
as they come out. They're on top of these big stories,
the ones that matter most throughout the estate. And we
appreciate you being here with us today. Thank you, my friend,
you two things you got it always a pleasure.
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