Rob "Rush" Ruszkowski for Congress - GA 14  

We are returning power to the people — not to parties, corporations, billionaires, special interests, or Foreign Interests.

I’m a small-business owner and neighbor, not a career politician. This campaign is about ending corruption, lowering the cost of living, and building a government that works for everyday people — not corporate oligarchies.

Together, we will reclaim the Republic for all of our neighbors.

• Lower the cost of living while raising pay toward a living wage that moves quickly to a thriving wage — for everyone.
   
• End corporate price-setting, hidden fees, and utility cost shifting onto families.
   
• Ban hedge funds and corporate landlords from buying single-family homes; expand co-ops and first-time buyer support.
   
• Roll back broad tariffs that function as hidden taxes on working families.
   
• Protect Social Security and Medicare; ensure benefits keep pace with real costs.
   
• Rebuild local manufacturing in Northwest Georgia — including clean transportation, electric mobility, next-generation energy, sustainable materials, and advanced agriculture.

• Replace profit-driven sick care with a Universal Wellness System, delivered through a Medicare-for-All–style program.
   
• Lower costs by prioritizing prevention, nutrition, movement, sleep, stress reduction, and mental health.
   
• Cap prescription drug prices and prosecute anti-competitive pharmaceutical practices.
   
• Protect rural hospitals, clinics, and emergency access across GA-14.
   
• Legalize natural medicines, including cannabis, and allow personal cultivation for personal use.
   
• Protect reproductive healthcare decisions within medically grounded standards.

• Overturn Citizens United and end billionaire and corporate domination of elections.
   
• Ban corporate and lobbyist money; require real-time transparency for all donations.
   
• Publicly fund campaigns and expand small-donor matching.
   
• Open primaries, ranked-choice voting, automatic registration, and auditable paper ballots.
   

The Term & Trust Amendment

• House: 6 years (3 terms)
   
• Senate: 12 years (2 terms)
   
• Lifetime cap: 18 years total in Congress
   

Ethics & Accountability

• Ban congressional stock and crypto trading; allow only blind trusts.
   
• End the revolving door between government, corporations, and special interests.
   
• Independent cognitive and health evaluations for senior federal officials.
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• No aggressive wars; military force only in defense of the U.S. or treaty allies.
   
• End endless wars and reassert Congress’s constitutional war authority.
   
• Prioritize diplomacy, humanitarian leadership, and international cooperation.
   
• Guarantee housing, healthcare, and mental health care for all veterans for life.
   
• Ensure there is not a single homeless veteran in America — ever.

• Hold PFAS and chemical polluters fully accountable for cleanup.
   
• Protect clean air, clean water, forests, rivers, and farmland.
   
• Build clean manufacturing and environmental remediation jobs in GA-14.
   
• Prevent utility rate hikes caused by private corporate energy deals and data centers.
   
• Expand practical clean energy solutions that lower household costs

• Defend equal protection and civil liberties for all Americans.
   
• Protect bodily autonomy and medical decision-making within responsible, medically grounded limits.
   
• Defend freedom of speech, belief, privacy, and due process.
   
• Ensure voting rights are protected and accessible.
   
• Government must apply the law fairly — without favoritism or discrimination.

• Phone-free classrooms and protections against addictive tech.
   
• Age-appropriate limits on social media, with parental authority and consent.
   
• Fully fund public schools and raise teacher pay.
   
• Teach civics, financial literacy, health, and life skills.
   
• Free community college and trade programs with service-based debt relief.
  (See: “Protect Our Kids” page for full policy.)

• Treat housing as a basic human need, not a speculative asset.
   
• Stabilize rents and expand affordable housing supply.
   
• Prevent corporate speculation from pricing families out of communities.
   
• Use housing-first strategies to prevent homelessness before crisis.

• End food deserts through community-owned grocery co-ops.
   
• Expand local clinics and wellness centers in rural areas.
   
• Support cooperative models that keep food and healthcare dollars local.
   
• Invest in prevention, dignity, and community resilience.

• Build Community Greenways connecting towns, schools, and jobs.
   
• Support electric bikes, low-speed vehicles, and clean local mobility.
   
• Invest in next-generation energy infrastructure, including fusion research.
   
• Ensure utilities serve the public — not corporate shareholders.

• Focus law enforcement on serious crime, with strong accountability and transparency.
   
• Expand mental-health and crisis response alternatives.
   
• End private prisons and profit-driven incarceration incentives.
   
• Invest in prevention, rehabilitation, and re-entry.

• Protect the right to vote and end voter suppression.
   
• Fair maps, competitive elections, and civic participation.
   
• Transparency in political advertising and funding.
   
• Democracy should answer to voters — not donors.

• Enforce fair competition and stop corporate market domination.
   
• Expand access to capital for small, rural, and veteran-owned businesses.
   
• Reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on local entrepreneurs.
   
• Keep wealth circulating in local communities.

• Protect workers from mass job displacement due to AI and robotics.
   
• Fund retraining, lifelong learning, and income support during transitions.
   
• Ensure AI productivity gains benefit society — not just corporations.
   
• Prevent communities from subsidizing data centers that raise local costs.

This platform is about building a future where government truly serves the people.

Lower costs.
Higher pay.
Clean air and water.
Healthcare and housing security.
Freedom, dignity, and accountability.

This isn’t left versus right.
It’s people versus corruption.

Together, we will reclaim the Republic and build a future where everyone in GA-14 can thrive.

Rob “Rush” Ruszkowski for Congress — GA-14
Light the Torches — Reclaim the Republic

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