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PROOF: https://twitter.com/Juan4Congress/status/1538144920715902976

As the title says, I am a Democratic candidate running for congress in Florida's 28th Congressional District and I did indeed grow up in poverty for the vast majority of my life. My mother was a single mother and made less than $12k/year because she had to choose to either work more to make more money or be more involved in raising four children and have no money, she chose the latter. I do not say this to garner sympathy or pity, but to demonstrate that I not only intimately know the deficiencies of this country that leads to our rampant poverty compared to other developed nations, I lived that reality. I am not backed by any political organizations, think tanks, corporations, or any large moneyed interests, I am independently trying to improve the lives of all Americans, but I cannot do that on my own.

You can visit my website to learn more about my policies in detail at www.juan4congress.com. However, as a summary, here are some key points:

Public Funding of Elections:

While I am in congress this will be my primary focus and I will explain why. Our politics are dictated by corporate power. Since elections are privately funded, the primary goal of politicians who receive that funding is to maintain their source of revenue. Since the revenue disproportionately comes from corporate and big moneyed interest, that is where most politicians are going to cater their policy to.

Growing up in the conditions I did, I know there are a lot of very important issues right now. People are dying because they can not get the proper healthcare, for example. However, this must be our primary focus, this must be our number one issue. Before we can fix anything else. Yes, granted, people are not dying because elections are privately funded, but until the majority of people have more of an impact in politics, we can never have enough power to change the more important issues.

Economics: