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Wed Oct 16, 2024, 10:55 AM 19 hrs ago

WATCH: Walz rolls out Harris plan to improve lives of rural Americans

Source: www.pbs.org

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday unveiled his ticket’s plans to improve the lives of rural voters, as Vice President Kamala Harris looks to cut into former President Donald Trump’s support. The Harris-Walz plan includes a focus on improving rural health care, such as plans to recruit 10,000 new health care professionals in rural and tribal areas through scholarships, loan forgiveness and new grant programs, as well as economic and agricultural policy priorities. The plan was detailed to The Associated Press by a senior campaign official on the condition of anonymity ahead of its official release.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-walz-rolls-out-harris-plan-to-improve-lives-of-rural-americans



Ways the Trump Administration Failed Rural America

1 He Cut the Postal Service

2 He Proposed draconian cuts to rural investments

3 He endangered meatpacking workers and consumers

4 He sacrificed small and medium farms in his trade wars

5 He Left farmers of color in the lurch

6 He sabotaged essential agriculture market data and research



,Aug 10 2019 CNBC ARTICLE

‘Trump is ruining our markets’: Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war — China https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/10/trump-is-ruining-our-markets-farmers-lose-a-huge-customer-to-trade-war----china.html
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