"We haven't even set the date for the budget yet, so please forgive me if I'm not going to speculate about what might happen at an event that we haven't even decided a date on yet."
John Mac points out that the local industrial landscape has seen a significant decline, expressing concern over the loss of jobs in areas affected by deindustrialisation.
"A lot of my friends from college went into fields like banking for financial reasons - obviously people have school loans and things to pay off... So I've started to see people looking more toward their own passions... obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're financially secure..."