Justin Dues Justin Dues

Privatize the BOOM, Socialize the BU$T: How Wall Street’s Risks Keep Getting Dumped on Main Street

Wall Street didn’t get lucky. It got a system—crafted over decades—that privatizes booms and socializes busts. Left to its own devices, shareholder-first capitalism will drift toward corruption, consolidation, and a relentless hunt for cheaper labor. It’s not a glitch; it’s the incentive structure.

Americans are ready for something new: a rules-based, pro-worker, pro-competition economy where finance serves the real world, not the other way around. We know how to build it. We just have to stop paying for the fires and start changing the wiring.

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Justin Dues Justin Dues

Tax The Rich - Redeem the American Dream by Eliminating America’s Billionaire Class

The billionaire class has a choice: invest in the America that made their wealth possible or undermine democracy to preserve their power. So far, many have chosen the latter. But history shows that when ordinary people demand accountability and fairness, systemic change is possible.

If America is to honor its promise of government “of the people, by the people, for the people,” we must confront the corrosive influence of extreme wealth and build an economy — and a democracy — that works for everyone.

The stakes are nothing less than the survival of the American dream itself.

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What the hell is gerrymandering?

The Map That Chooses the Voters: Why Gerrymandering Threatens U.S. Democracy—and How to Fix It

Gerrymandering should be illegal!

When politicians pick their voters instead of voters picking their representatives, democracy bends. Gerrymandering—surgically drawing districts to entrench one party’s power—skews outcomes, suppresses competition, and leaves whole communities with representatives they didn’t truly choose. It’s not abstract: extreme maps decide who governs, what gets a vote, and whose voice gets muted.

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