(Ethics * Morals) + People over Party

= A More Perfect Union

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Justin E. Dues

Working class fighter

DEM Candidate for

US Senate | NC

Fighting the United Corporations of America & Fascist Thugs

We can do better than 60% of America living paycheck to paycheck w/o healthcare.

Thriving > Surviving

America used elicit thoughts of thriving, by working hard you could earn your slice of the American Dream. Now you drive around most places and it seems like few are thriving, but a lot of us are just surviving.

TOP PRIORITY = AFFORDABILITY

  1. MINIMUM LIVING WAGE to $30/hr. by 2030

  2. HEALTHCARE is a Human Right

  3. TAXING Brokeback Billionaires out of existence

  4. PUNISHING Corporate Greed w/ Felony Jail Time

  5. BUSTING MONOPOLIES & Taxing Wall Street

  6. ADDING NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS to end Gerrymandering, overturn Citizens United, add Term Limits to Congress & Supreme Court

Why me?

Father of 4 working 2 full-time jobs.

My faith is in the Scientific Method.

Marine Corps Squad Leader 2003 to 2012 - Veteran of OIF and OEF that will stand up to Forever Wars, Proxy Wars, and DoD Waste hidden under the pretense of ‘supporting the troops’.

UNBUYABLE - Fighting to Overturn Citizens’ United, WILL NOT accept Corporate or PAC money.

Lifelong Public Servant w/ Humility, Courage, Honesty, Integrity

Meet Justin
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How to unfu*k this circus (Congress).

Calling out UNETHICAL Politics

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Unaffiliated voters are nearly 40% of NC!

The LARGEST set of voters in the state.

See for yourself @ https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegStat/

30.3% Democrats = 2,310,814 voters

30.3% Democrats = 2,310,814 voters

38.8% Unaffiliated = 2,962,428 registered

38.8% Unaffiliated = 2,962,428 registered

30.3% Republicans = 2,309,598 voters

30.3% Republicans = 2,309,598 voters

We The People, are falling behind.

Shouldn’t we aim to thrive instead of just survive?

Wealth Inequality

Gini-coefficient is a statistical comparison of wealth inequality.

India = 25.5 | Canada = 29.9

Russia = 35.1 | China = 35.7

Haiti = 41.1 | USA = 41.8* | Mexico = 43.5

China and Russia have more equality than the USA. The lower the number the better.

Healthcare Crisis.

Life Expectancy across the globe, in years.

Hong Kong = 85.7 years | Japan = 85 years

Canada = 82.8 years | USA = 79.6 years

USA is the only developed nation without universal healthcare.

AFFORDABILITY by GENERATION

1960s Car = $2,000 | Home = $19,000

1990s Car = $12,000 | Home = $150,000

2020s Car = $40,000 | Home = $400,000

American Dream or Illusion?

Project 2030 - Redeem the WORKING CLASS DREAM

DIG INTO PROJECT 2030

Why we need change!

Survey results showing political opinions on the U.S. moving toward an oligarchy. 48% of all likely voters believe the U.S. is moving toward an oligarchy, 17% think it is staying as it is today, 25% believe it is moving toward a more democratic system, and 10% don't know. Among Democrats, 67% see movement toward an oligarchy, 11% staying as it is, 15% moving toward democracy, and 6% don't know. Independents/Third party, 61% for oligarchy, 14% staying the same, 14% moving toward democracy, 11% don't know. Republicans, 23% moving toward an oligarchy, 24% staying as it is, 41% moving toward a more democratic system, and 12% don't know. The survey was conducted from February 28 to March 2, 2025, with 1,189 likely voters.
Survey results showing liberals think the rich pay too little in taxes, with percentages for billionaires, CEOs, and corporations, compared across Democratic, Independent, and Republican voters.

Every problem has a solution.

We The People can do better.

Why I’m running —>

Similar to why I joined the Marine Corps, to serve.

  • We need term limits, removal of dark money and lobbying from the system, non-partisan primaries or ranked-choice voting options, etc.

  • The federal budget rests more on the backs of individual earners than it does on the backs of wealthy corporations - it's due time that changes!

  • Universal Healthcare, Education Reform and expansion, Immigration Reform, Data Privacy

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  • John F. Kennedy (1962)

“The time to repair the roof is while the sun is shining.”

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Those that forget the past are bound to repeat it.

A Thomas Jefferson quote on education and democracy:

"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education".