And who knows, maybe a policy that is so personal will be what would change someone’s mind, especially someone who doesn’t focus on politics so much. Your vote is your voice and that voice is your superpower! 8/8 www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88eQba8/
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She highlights the policies that she knows will matter the most to people because they would have mattered the most to her. She always says she had a middle class upbringing, but the policies she’s choosing to highlight show us that fact without her even saying it. 7/8
She talks about how being a caretaker is emotionally, but also physically demanding. She knows this in her bones. This is her recollection of her life 15 years ago. And this is true with so many of her policies, especially economic. 6/?
She made this a policy because she knows from her own personal experience that it would have helped her when she was going through this. In this interview she talks about how hard it is to make food for a sick family member, or figure out which pieces of clothing feels good on their skin. 5/?
But, the most powerful part of this policy is that when you hear Kamala announce it on The View, you hear how personal it is. She cared for her mother who was dying of cancer long before anyone outside of SF knew her name. 4/?
This affects us all. And I think on another level it brings respect and value to the idea of a multigenerational household. And that’s not something the US typically holds in very high regard. 3/?
And it will be paid for using the money that medicare will save by drug prices being lowered, like insulin was. This policy specifically is so universal. We all have family who are sick or aging or will be in the future, and for those who don’t, we ourselves will be if we’re lucky enough. 2/?
Yesterday Kamala Harris announced a new policy where medicare will pay for in-home care so that family members of aging or sick relatives can avoid the stress that comes with being a full-time caretaker or finding a nursing home that doesn’t remove their relative’s dignity. 1/?
I'm not sure. I'm going to assume each state or city with rcv has a different requirement
And who knows, in four years, we could be seeing presidential candidates campaigning in Juneau and Fairbanks… Your vote is your voice and that voice is your superpower! 6/6 www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88eNqqy/
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