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As I’ve traveled the country this year, I’ve heard from so many people left behind by Donald Trump.
I’ve heard from farmers in Iowa who’ve had to leave soybeans to rot in the fields and New Hampshire families living with the effects of the opioid crisis. Families in South Carolina who can’t connect to the Internet and small business owners in Nevada who are struggling.
Time and again, politicians on both sides have let rural Americans down.
That’s what is at the core of our partnership. We must address these issues with the following solutions if we want to make real, lasting change in areas long forgotten by our leaders:
- Invest more than $100 billion to create jobs in rural America. I’ll hold the wealthiest corporations accountable for paying their fair share of taxes and push that money directly into bringing jobs back to rural communities. I’ll also give an annual $10,000 Rural Jobs Tax Credit for every rural job that businesses create.
- End Trump’s trade war on rural communities. I will immediately eliminate Trump’s tariffs and end his failed trade war. I’ll hold China accountable by working with a coalition of our allies, not by throwing farming families under the bus.
- Stand up to Big Oil and Big Ag. I’ll hold big oil companies accountable like I have my entire career, and I’ll reinstate rules protecting family farmers from abuses of big agribusiness that the Trump administration rescinded.
- Strengthen rural hospitals and health communities and boost women’s and children’s health and maternity care access. Many hospitals in rural counties have significantly reduced care especially for women and children. We will redefine rural hospitals to tailor to the community’s needs and reward existing hospitals that reinstate or begin women’s and children’s health services to bring more care to the most vulnerable in rural areas.
- Address the opioid crisis in rural America. People suffering from addiction need their government to offer a comprehensive public health response, including research, treatment, and access to life-saving opioid overdose reversal drugs. I’ll make sure corporations pay for fueling the opioid crisis.
If you would like to read the full plan, you can do so here »
Whether you live in rural America or know someone who does: there is more that unites us than divides us.
We must come together to bring justice to Americans living in rural areas. No one should be ignored because of their zip code or what part of the country they call home.
Add your name next to mine in this fight for our America »
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For The People,
— Kamala Harris
