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The State of Michigan gives away about $1.25 billion each year in the form of tax abatements and incentives to try and lure companies here to Michigan, but what we find is that sometimes those dollars go to companies who hire workers from other states, sometimes from other countries. And so the "Hire Michigan First" package is a 12-bill package that would reform the way we do economic development and state contracts to make sure that Michigan workers are the ones that are hired first. If Michigan taxpayers are putting their money towards creating jobs, it should be Michigan workers that get those jobs.