I'm the Campaign Manager for Congressional Progressive Democratic candidate Wanda Rohl IL-16 and I'm doing it, essentially, for free. That's right, no salary. I am volunteering my services, my time, my blood, my sweat, and my tears. I'm honored to work for a woman like this:
My name is Wanda Rohl, and I am passionate about moving this country forward.
I learned the hard way that none of us is immune from potentially serious, life-threatening injury or illness that can turn our lives upside down in the blink of an eye. We all know someone who has been injured or become seriously ill and has lost their medical insurance, and maybe even lost their home trying to pay exorbitant medical bills.
As a “pull-myself-up-by-my-bootstraps” kind of person, I worked my way back from a tragic ATV accident that left me a T-6 paraplegic, to earn a Masters Degree in Social Work, and I’m ready to go to Congress to continue my fight to bring the same kind of freedom, opportunity, and security to everyone in Illinois.
I didn’t need a bailout or handouts, but hands at my side to help me rebuild my life, till I was able to return to independence. No one who is willing to work hard should be denied the chance to take charge of their life, to recover and rehabilitate from devastating injuries and illness. I am eternally grateful for all the programs that helped me get through, and I’m determined to fight for a country where those services continue to be there for our friends, family and neighbors when they need the same help.
Everyone deserves the freedom to live their lives to the fullest. Everyone deserves the opportunity to contribute to their families and their communities in meaningful ways. And everyone deserves the security that comes from a system that’s designed to catch us when we fall and help us navigate that uphill battle to pull ourselves back up.
After my injury I received physical therapy through the Department of Rehabilitation; my doctors’ visits were covered by Medicare and Medicaid; my kids didn’t have to go hungry; and I had the opportunity to retrain for a new career with Pell grants and scholarships.
Let’s work together to move this country forward on the key issues facing us today: a quality public education for all children, women’s family planning rights, the right to affordable health care that can’t be lost when you get sick, sustainable energy technology that’s the way of the future, and a stable economy with a productive citizenry.
My opponent wants to repeat the mistakes of the past, where big financial institutions don’t have to follow common sense rules to keep them from tanking our economy and ruining our personal savings accounts; when massive insurance companies could kick you off your insurance for getting cancer, deny you coverage and raise your premiums with no accountability.
That is the America my opponent would take us back to. There’s no pride there, only callous disregard and irresponsibility. That’s not the United States of America that our founders dreamt of.
I know we have a shot at winning this.
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