Everyday lives, everyday issues

by Matt Isaacs—Kentucky

Canvassing with Working America has really opened my eyes to the extent that political issues affect our day to day lives. While there may be one or two people in a day that don’t seem to have a particular concern, when I ask what political issue is most important to them, the vast majority instantly can tell me what affects them the most and why. Their responses come out of the things that they deal with everyday.

One person that will always stand out in my mind was a mother whose four-year-old daughter had cancer. She told me that she and her husband both worked full time trying to keep up with the cost of treatments for their child. She explained, with tears in her eyes, how they had tried repeatedly obtain government assistance but kept getting denied.

Their jobs are also leaving them no time to spend with their daughter, and it’s hard to imagine how important that time may be. Working Americans deserve so much more than this. I am privileged to be part of the positive changes that are happening.

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