Michigan spends about $5.6 billion on social welfare programs a year, and that doesn't include health care.
Even though that's only about 10% of the state's total budget, our passions and our politics are very much at work when we talk about these programs.
In this hour-long special, we uncover why we get so emotional about social welfare spending. Do these emotions keep us from having policies and programs that would actually help families in Michigan get ahead?