Gregory's ServerWhile working for a campaign won't make anybody rich, all those people have to be paid, and paid enough to work their hearts out between now through Election Day and probably into its aftermath. 3/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris
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 Then, there are all the service providers the campaign will be hiring, to do everything from legal work, to event security, to catering. I assure you, there are going to be enormous legal bills, not only during the campaign but right after the election as the Republicans challenge the results in every close state. 5/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris There are billboards, radio spots, tv spots, and online advertising to be purchased, in amounts that would astound you. Harris for President has to reach every last person they can, repeatedly, from now until Election Day. 6/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris Ok! I feel persuasive - #MastodonForHarris just surpassed $300,000. But there are more expense that our contributions go toward covering. 7/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris At national headquarters in Delaware and in every single state and U.S. territory, Harris for President has to rent campaign office space and pay for electricity, water, gas and internet service. 8/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris Apart from the practicality of helping Harris for President meet all the costs of running the kind of campaign needed to beat TFG, there's intangible valuable to a steady stream of fundraising. 9/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris I know many - probably most of us - have felt the stress of being tight on money. We've worked for organizations that are tight on money, where the stress pervades the entire operation. Candidates and campaigns are just like us and where we've worked: they don't function well when there are money worries. 10/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris We need to make Kamala Harris and her campaign feel financially invincible. That's part of what #MastodonForHarris is all about. 11/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris I don't expect #MastodonForHarris to continuously raise money at the rate we have been. But every dollar and every contribution we bring in, every step of the way, will help to elect and inaugurate Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States. 12/12 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris  @heidilifeldman  @heidilifeldman goodness… I feel overwhelmed. This makes a pretty good case for highly regulated electioneering solely based on legislated tax funded election budgets. That would go a long way to get the oligarchy out and dedicated public servants into the system over time. Hope, hoping… (it will never happen of course). @RaymondPierreL3 I agree but I also know we can't make the preferable the enemy of the currently achievable. |
There are many more paid staffers than are listed by the campaign's help wanted page. Many staffers, from the top of the campaign down, are already on board. And not only are there salaries to be paid, many of those staffers will have ongoing travel expenses. A campaign staff is a bit like an army: it marches on its stomach. 4/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris