People over Party.
“Democracy IS NOT for sale”
Justin Dues
A WORKING CLASS FIGHTER
Anti-Establishment Progressive
Democratic Candidate for US House - NC District 8
My top priority is to help the folks living paycheck to paycheck. How?
MIN. WAGE TO $30 by 2030
TAX THE RICH
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
PUNISH CORPORATE GREED
Father of 4 that works 2x full-time jobs.
US Marine and eternal optimist
Bring Morals and Ethics Back
Pledge NOT to accept Corporate or PAC donations.
Pledge to work on Term Limits
Meet the gerrymandered 8th district of NC.
Both sides are rigging the system.
36% UNAFFILIATED
34% REPUBLICAN
30% DEMOCRAT
AMERICA is FALLING BEHIND.
Data doesn’t lie, but most politicians do.
Global Gini-coefficient is a statistical comparison of…
Wealth Inequality.
Russia = 36
China = 37
US = 39
Iran = 40
Congo = 42
*Lower the better*
Global Life Expectancy
(we live nearly 10 years less)
Monaco = 87
Japan = 85
Switzerland = 84
Italy = 83
Canada = 82
Germany = 81
Czech Republic = 80
USA = 79
Saudia Arabia = 79
Cuba = 78
Mexico = 75
Thanks to corruption the USA is the only developed nation in the world without universal healthcare! Thanks Congress!
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
1960s - New Car = $2,000 & New Home = $19,000
1990s - New Car = $12,000 & New Home = $150,000
2020s - New Car = $40,000 & New Home = $300,000
— American Dream or Illusion?
WE THE PEOPLE are done bailing out Wall Street?
Fuck your immoral greed.
Let’s work together
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Why are you running for office?
Similar to why I joined the Marine Corps infantry in 2003 after graduating high school, I feel a call to serve.
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We need term limits, removal of dark money and lobbying from the system, non-partisan primaries or ranked-choice voting options, etc.
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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!
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Universal Healthcare, Education Reform and expansion, Immigration Reform, Data Privacy
John F. Kennedy (1962)
America can afford a living minimum wage. What’s been missing is a plan that raises pay without crushing small and mid-size businesses in the transition. Here’s a clear, workable path: tax extreme wealth and excess corporate profits to fund a short-term bridge for employers, and let the long-term payoff do the rest.
Short term: We raise the floor in steps and cover part of the gap for smaller employers with credits funded by taxes on extreme wealth and excess corporate profits.
Long term: Local businesses gain a larger, steadier customer base, lower churn, and fairer competition. Workers bring home enough to live—and to spend on Main Street.