of whether Biden should forgive student loan debt, she doesn’t hesitate: “Absolutely he should. “I never should have been in the position to accumulate sixfigure debt between 21 and 24 going to law school,” she adds. She was naive, she says — but she also graduated into a massive economic crisis that the government and the finance industry caused. The banks got bailed out, she says. Why shouldn’t we? And when it comes to skyrocketing inflation, she sees it as a symptom of greed, of allowing corporations to make record profits during the pandemic. “By valuing money over people, we get unsafe, unhealthy communities,” Hill says. It’s one reason she says her biggest priority is strengthening unions and protecting workers from retaliation. Danimus, who ran as an independent for the Legislature in the 4th District in 2019, is medically disabled. So when it comes to debates around health care, Danimus can talk about having to get transplants for both her kidney and her pancreas, and about getting surgeries while living in an RV park after she left an abusive ex. “My medical story resonates with a tremendous amount of people in this district,” she says. Imagine if small businesses didn’t have to worry about providing insurance for their employees, she says. When it comes to inflation, she’s critical of the government for just stimulating demand instead of making investments. “We have, as a country, failed to invest in inner cities and in rural areas,” Danimus says. “We have abandoned manufacturing. We have abandoned family farms.” She argues she’s a “quarterback” with a specific game plan to address them — like shifting agricultural subsidies away from the biggest corporations and toward smaller farmers. “I’m not necessarily reaching across the aisle, I’m reaching across the street,” Danimus says. “Democrats only talking to Democrats is not going to heal the divide.” n danielw@inlander.com
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