By MNA member Joe Howard, RN, Essentia Health-Duluth
I took my nine-year-old daughter Katie to Senator Bernie Sanders’ rally in Duluth on January 26. What an experience!
As a nurse, I like Sanders’ platform that addresses the blatant inequalities that exist in our country. As a father, I know he cares about a brighter future for my daughters.
Listening to the speech with my daughter opened my eyes to how far we have drifted to a society of the haves and the have nots.
I felt uneasy trying to explain why it is okay for women to get paid less, why it is okay for graduates to be saddled with heavy student loan debt, and why skin color might be a factor in not getting a job or in going to jail.
Single-payer healthcare, pay equality for women, college education for all, and criminal system inequalities, were just some of the items that were covered during the rally. Those ideas resonate with me and are easy to support.
Bernie Sanders has a great vision for this country, but he cannot do it alone.
With a lot of hard work we can help achieve that vision, and make this a better country for all!
Please join me and thousands of other nurses in Minnesota and throughout the U.S. to elect the candidate who share our values of caring, compassion, and community, to heal America.