In their quest to create a Top 10 state, statehouse leaders seem to think it’s a better bet to throw hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars at corporations that promise a few thousand jobs than to invest in building Oklahoma from the grass roots up. In this week’s Observercast – The Burdens On Everyday Oklahomans – Tulsa Rep. Suzanne Schreiber makes the case that focusing instead on seemingly intractable problems – like crushing, widespread medical debt and inaccessible, unaffordable child care – offers better odds of creating a happier, healthier, more prosperous Oklahoma.

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