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The American Dream shouldn't be something working Americans can no longer afford.
People work hard, pay their bills, raise their families -- and still can't afford a home, groceries, healthcare, repairs, or gas. They aren't asking for luxury. They're asking for a chance to live with dignity.
And a promised $5,000 check doesn't fix that. It doesn't make rent affordable. It doesn't lower grocery or healthcare costs. It doesn't build lasting financial security. Americans were also promised tariff refunds and DOGE checks. That never happened either.
We deserve more than promises that evaporate after Election Day.
We deserve an America where hard work leads somewhere.
Where families can breathe.
Where opportunity is real; not in the form of your tax dollars funding triumphal arches or golden ballrooms or restitution for pardoned insurrectionists.
Where the American Dream, including rights, belongs to everyone.
Vote Blue.
Gena Strawmire
Altoona