{"id":2012718,"date":"2023-08-26T03:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-ads-promote-woke-values-to-attract-newcomers-and-offset-population-loss\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T03:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:10:06","slug":"michigan-ads-promote-woke-values-to-attract-newcomers-and-offset-population-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-ads-promote-woke-values-to-attract-newcomers-and-offset-population-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Ads Promote Progressive Values to Attract Residents and Counter Population Decline."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-ads-promote-woke-values-to-attract-newcomers-and-offset-population-loss%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>The Michigan Economic Development Corporation&#8217;s Effort to Attract Young Workers<\/h2>\n<p>The Michigan Economic Development \u2064Corporation (MEDC) has taken \u2064an innovative approach\u200d to \u200daddress its declining population by investing $30,000 in digital\u200d advertisements. The goal is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-ads-promote-woke-values-to-attract-newcomers-and-offset-population-loss\/\" title=\"Michigan Ads Promote Progressive Values to Attract Residents and Counter Population Decline.\">draw left-leaning young workers<\/a> to the Great Lakes State.<\/p>\n<p>MEDC,\u200c a quasi-governmental organization, is\u2063 dedicated to promoting Michigan&#8217;s strong\u2063 image worldwide. Their mission statement emphasizes the importance of attracting new residents to the state.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Governor \u200bGretchen Whitmer,\u2064 a Democrat, has been actively involved\u200b in\u2063 setting the theme for the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-electioneering-dirty-facebook-suspends-gop-ad-campaign-days-before-january-georgia-runoff-election\/\" title=\"More Electioneering: Dirty Facebook Suspends GOP Ad Campaign Days Before January Georgia Runoff Election\">ad campaign<\/a>. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-straw-hollywood-reporter-sources-say-disney-wanted-to-fire-carano-in-november\/\" title=\"\u2018Final Straw\u2019: Hollywood Reporter Sources Say Disney Wanted To Fire Carano In November\">recent social media post<\/a>, she \u2063expressed a welcoming message\u200d to\u200d all individuals, regardless of their identity or\u2062 whom they love.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;My message is simple. No \u200bmatter how \u2064you identify or who you love, there is \u200da home for you here,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In another post, Governor Whitmer highlighted Michigan&#8217;s commitment to defending fundamental rights \u200dand criticized states with discriminatory policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re looking for a state that respects your fundamental right to be yourself, come to\u2063 Michigan,&#8221; she extended the invitation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Targeting Progressive States<\/h3>\n<p>The digital ads have specifically targeted states such\u2063 as Florida, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. These ads showcase Michigan&#8217;s progressive laws,\u200b pro-LGBT culture, and easy access to abortion, which stand in stark contrast to the \u2064more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-apocalypse-not\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: Apocalypse Not\">socially conservative policies<\/a> of these states.<\/p>\n<h3>Response from Georgia Governor Brian Kemp<\/h3>\n<p>Georgia\u2064 Governor\u200b Brian Kemp, a Republican, expressed his disagreement with the tactics employed by the Whitmer administration. He emphasized Georgia&#8217;s population growth, low cost of living, thriving economy, and investments in healthcare, education, and public safety as factors that continue to \u200battract Americans to his state.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition \u2062and\u200c Future Plans<\/h3>\n<p>Michigan State Senator John Damoose, \u200da Republican, voiced his opposition to the ad campaign, stating that it\u2062 does not \u200brepresent the views of all Michiganders. He strongly opposes the use \u200dof taxpayers&#8217; dollars for such\u2064 purposes.<\/p>\n<p>MEDC officials \u2064have stated that the $30,000 \u2063expenditure is just the beginning of a larger advertising\u200c campaign aimed at reversing the \u200cpopulation decline that\u200b is impacting Michigan&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<h2>The Need to Re-populate Michigan<\/h2>\n<p>A joint study by the non-profit Citizen Research Council of \u200bMichigan (CRCM) and Altarum, a \u200cquality-of-life research foundation, \u200chighlighted the negative consequences of \u200bMichigan&#8217;s declining population. The study revealed that the state lags \u2064behind in population growth,\u2064 job opportunities, \u2063earnings, health, educational achievement, and the \u2064quality of\u200d public services.<\/p>\n<p>From \u200b2000 to 2020, Michigan&#8217;s \u2062population growth was one of the lowest among states, with only West Virginia faring worse. The study projected a net loss of over 270,000 people in the next 30 years due to more individuals leaving the state\u2063 than moving in.<\/p>\n<p>With \u200byoung people\u2064 leaving Michigan in search of better opportunities, urgent action is needed to reverse this \u2062trend \u200dand ensure \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/living-through-a-socialist-collapse-an-insiders-account-of-venezuelas-demise\/\" title=\"Living Through A Socialist Collapse: An Insider\u2019s Account Of Venezuela\u2019s Demise\">prosperous future<\/a> for the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) spent $30,000 on digital ads to attract left-leaning young workers and counter the state&#8217;s declining population. MEDC, a quasi-governmental organization, aims to promote Michigan&#8217;s strong image globally, as stated on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":2012719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}