CORRECTION: I left out a key phrase while transcribing excerpts from Thompson’s presser.

Speaking on how to fix Michigan’s economic problems, he said:

I think that we need to look at the unemployment problem nationwide, first of all, make sure that we’re doing sound things that will benefit everyone, including Michigan. We have a good unemployment situation relatively speaking, historically speeaking, nationwide, but there are pockets where there are problems, and of course Michigan is a classic case of that, and the auto industry, of course, is a big part of that…