While 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

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

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 predict that as Harris' financial support soars, Trump's will begin to crumble.