60% of Americans can’t afford a basic life. Richard Hudson’s fine with that.

 

When I was deployed to Haiti after the earthquakes, I saw what poverty looks like when people lose everything. The aftermath was brutal—families barely hanging on, no clear path forward, just sheer will to survive. I never thought I’d see the same damn thing playing out here, in the richest country on Earth. Haiti was a natural disaster. This? This is man-made. A slow, deliberate collapse—engineered by the MAGA clown show and bankrolled by cowards like Richard Hudson. A new report just confirmed that 60% of Americans — six in ten — can’t afford a basic quality of life. Not luxury. Not comfort. Just the bare bones: housing, food, child care, and the occasional trip to the damn dentist.

It gets worse.   According to the Ludwig Institute, the real unemployment rate when you count folks stuck in poverty-wage jobs or forced into part-time work — has ballooned to 24%.    All while Congress is busy handing out tax breaks to Elon Musk and other rotten billionaires and planning Medicaid cuts to the tune of $880 billion.    Meanwhile, U.S. servicemembers are on food stamps and Richard Hudson is out here writing checks to extremist House goons like Marjorie Taylor Greene who make sure the billionaires stay fat and happy.    What the hell are we doing?   These MAGA creeps talk tough about patriotism, but turn around and stab working Americans in the back every chance they get.    They call it the “new golden age,” but for who?    For hedge fund vampires, luxury jet CEOs, and tech lords who haven’t seen a punch clock in their lives?   We can’t fix this with polite letters or hopeful speeches. We have to fight like hell.   Chip in now and help me put an end to this corrupt gravy train. Because if we don’t, these vultures are going to bleed this country dry.   Hudson’s not just enabling this misery, he’s bankrolling it. And I’m coming for his seat.   Sappers clear the way, Airborne all the way!   Maj. Richard Ojeda (Ret.) Candidate for Congress, NC-09

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