'When you have student loans, a mortgage or rent to pay, running for office isn’t just an uphill battle; it’s monumentally cost-prohibitive.'
, we need young, working women in office now more than ever. But with trillions owed for student loans and skyrocketing health care costs, there are very few women who can afford to run.
Running for office is time-consuming and emotionally exhausting. It’s also a full-time, unpaid job that barrels through weekends and evenings, without allowing for a moment off the clock. This is part of the reason we’re saddled with candidates who have millions to spend, and in turn, that our current congressional class has more than a billion. These representatives may have graduated debt-free from college or inherited trust funds they used to buy a first home.
The bank accounts of many young people in America are far from the war chests of these privileged candidates. One in four Americans have student loans, owing an average
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