Kamala Harris announces plan to help rural America - Entrepreneur Generations

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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has released a plan to help rural America. Sen. Harris, D-California, said President Trump has been fighting a "war on rural America" and that his actions since taking office are a "betrayal" of his campaign promises. "She said her goal is to "reverse" those policies by investing $100 billion in a fund for businesses that prioritize hiring from rural communities and support their development," Justine Coleman reports for The Hill."

Here are the highlights of the plan:

• A rural jobs tax credit for companies that hire people from rural areas. Businesses would receive a $10,000 credit for each new full-time employee per year, with a $250,000 cap.
• Harris wants to end the trade war with China, because she says it is hurting rural communities and family farmers.
• Reinstate the Farmer Fair Practice Rules to protect family farmers from large agribusinesses.
• Incentives for farmers and ranchers to adopt more environmentally friendly practices.
• Re-establish the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration as an independent office in the Agriculture Department.
• Crack down on major agriculture mergers.
• Increased investment into existing and innovative rural-focused federal programs, including the Small Business Administration's rural area programs.
• Clamp down on Renewable Fuel Standard hardship waivers for oil refiners.
• Pass Medicare-for-All to increase rural health care access.
• Provide incentives for hospitals to provide women's and children's health services.
• Reduce child care expenses and invest in child care programs.
• Allow rural health care providers more flexibility to treat patients in different settings.
• Incentives to provide more and better health care for rural seniors.
• More funding for mental health, substance abuse treatment, and telemedicine.
• Go after pharmaceutical companies that encouraged the opioid epidemic.
• Increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for families with children.
• An $80 billion program to build out broadband to rural America.
• Create a new agricultural worker visa program to address the shortage of farm workers.
• Direct more funds toward ag sciences at colleges and universities to encourage young people to farm.
• Strengthen rural housing support. 

The Rural Blog reports major statements by presidential candidates about rural policy.

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