Why Harris / Walz?

     Yes, I made the font bigger. Get over it.

     It is easy Easy EASY to go off on how dangerously insane Trump is -- I do this on a regular basis. But today, let's talk about a happier topic: the good things about the Harris/Walz ticket.

Experience: Harris has been a prosecutor; a District Attorney for San Francisco (2004-); the Attorney General of California (2010-); a US Senator ( 2017 to 2021, serving on the Judiciary and Intelligence committees); and US Vice-President. These positions -- DA, AG, Senator, Veep -- are elected positions. VP Harris has campaigned,  won elections, and been accountable to her constituents. 

Record:  President Biden and VP Harris expanded postpartum care through Medicare.

The United States continues to have the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. And within the U.S., the rate is by far the highest for Black women. Most of these deaths — over 80 percent — are likely preventable.  

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparison#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20continues%20to,80%20percent%20%E2%80%94%20are%20likely%20preventable.

They capped the cost of insulin for seniors.

They invested in fighting climate change.

They shepherded through Congress a $1 trillion infrastructure bill. It will fund repairing bridges and removing lead pipes, along with improving access to high-speed internet, in projects all over the county. These projects will benefit everyone who drives...who drinks water...who uses the interweb.... 

Plans for the Future:  VP Harris will continue the basic approach of the Biden presidency in some respects: protect women's rights; grow the middle class; protect unions; eliminating "junk fees"; ban including medical debt in credit reports. As her campaign is so new -- it's been kind of a whirlwind, y'all -- more specifics will be forthcoming. Some likely policies: support for Ukraine; support for Israel, which "has a right to defend itself, [Harris has] said, while noting, 'how it does so, matters'"; honoring the Paris climate accords. (all this info is from a CNN article at https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/08/politics/kamala-harris-key-issues-dg/)

And Tim Walz? We can assume that he will back up Harris' positions. But what about his past?

Experience:  National Guard for 24 years; high school teacher, football coach, faculty advisor to hs gay-straight alliance; twelve years in Congress (with a mixed left-right voting record); governor of Minnesota since 2018.

Minnesota?  Has the lowest child poverty rate in the country. Abortion rights are protected. Kids get free meals at school. Workers have paid sick leave and family leave. MN will have 100% clean electricity by 2040 (if all goes well).

Oh, no, what if they turn the US into Minnesota? Well ....  THROW ME IN THAT BRIAR PATCH.