If you have read this far, you understand the problem: the current political system is funded by corporations and billionaires who have no interest in changing it. Every candidate who runs for Congress must either kiss the ring of the donor class or face being outspent into oblivion. The result is a Congress that answers to money, not to voters.

But here is something you may not have considered: even if we find the perfect candidate—someone who has signed The WORK FOR US! Promise, someone who truly represents the interests of the 170 million—even that candidate cannot win without money.

Campaigns cost money. Signs cost money. Mailers cost money. Digital ads cost money. Staff cost money. The average winning House campaign in 2024 spent over $2 million. Senate campaigns routinely exceed $20 million. A candidate with zero dollars and the best ideas in the world will lose to a candidate with $2 million and terrible ideas, because money buys exposure, and exposure wins elections.

This is the trap. The system is rigged, but we cannot un-rig it without winning elections, and we cannot win elections without money, and the money belongs to the people who rigged the system.

Unless we build our own money.

The ActBlue Model: How Democrats Built a Small-Dollar Juggernaut

In 2004, a group of political activists created a platform called ActBlue. The idea was simple: make it easy for Democrats to raise small-dollar contributions from large numbers of donors. Instead of relying on wealthy donors writing $2,800 checks, candidates could raise $27 from a thousand people.

The results transformed American politics. By 2024, ActBlue had processed over $15 billion in contributions. In the 2020 election cycle alone, it handled $4.7 billion. The platform became the backbone of Democratic fundraising, allowing candidates at every level—from school board to Senate—to tap into a vast network of small donors.

Here is what ActBlue proved: when you make it easy for regular people to contribute, they will. The average contribution on ActBlue is under $50. But millions of those small contributions add up to billions of dollars. And that money belongs to the candidates who raised it—not to corporate PACs, not to party bosses, not to anyone who can threaten to cut it off.

The Democrats built a weapon. They used it to capture the House, the Senate, and the White House. And they did it with money from regular people—not billionaires.

The Problem: ActBlue Is Partisan, and Republicans Have No Equivalent

ActBlue is exclusively for Democrats. If you are a Republican, an Independent, or a third-party candidate, you cannot use it. The platform is integrated with Democratic Party infrastructure, vetted by Democratic operatives, and designed to elect Democrats.

For years, Republicans tried to build an equivalent. They failed. Multiple platforms came and went—RedWave, Anedot, WinRed—but none achieved ActBlue’s scale or efficiency. WinRed, the current Republican platform, processed about $1.2 billion in the 2020 cycle—impressive, but a fraction of ActBlue’s $4.7 billion. More importantly, WinRed is controlled by Republican Party leadership. It is not a tool for insurgents or outsiders; it is a tool for the establishment.

This leaves a massive gap. What about the 170 million workers who do not fit neatly into either party’s establishment? What about the Independent candidates who have signed The WORK FOR US! Promise? What about the Republican primary challengers who want to take on corporate-backed incumbents? What about the Democratic insurgents who refuse to take corporate money?

They have nowhere to go. They can try to build their own fundraising infrastructure from scratch—which takes months and costs tens of thousands of dollars they do not have. Or they can rely on the party machines that will demand their loyalty in exchange for access to donor lists.

This is a structural problem. The People Primaries strategy requires electing as many House members and Senators as possible who have signed The WORK FOR US! Promise, targeting the unpledged across two election cycles. Those candidates will need to raise, collectively, hundreds of millions of dollars. They cannot do it without a platform.

The Solution: ViaUS—A Nonpartisan Funding Engine for Workers

ViaUS is a small-dollar fundraising platform built on the ActBlue model, but with one critical difference: it is nonpartisan. It serves any candidate who has signed The WORK FOR US! Promise, regardless of party affiliation.

How ViaUS Works:

• The Promise Is the Gateway. Any candidate running for federal, state, or local office can apply to use ViaUS. To be approved, they must sign The WORK FOR US! Promise—a binding commitment to support the US Majority Amendment and to vote for workers’ interests over corporate interests. This ensures that every dollar raised through the platform goes to candidates who are part of the movement.
• Small Dollars, Big Numbers. ViaUS is designed for small contributions—the average is expected to be under $50. But 170 million workers contributing an average of $20 each would raise $3.4 billion—more than enough to elect a People Primaries Congress.
• No Party Bosses, No Corporate Strings. ViaUS is not controlled by the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, or any corporate interests. It is owned and operated by the VIA US Workers. The money flows to the candidates who raised it, not through party committees that take their cut.
• Integrated with District Strategy. Every District has access to ViaUS tools to fundraise for pledged candidates in their district. This creates a distributed fundraising network—435 Districts each raising money from their local networks, all flowing through a single platform that amplifies their collective power.
• Transparency and Accountability. Every contribution is publicly disclosed. Every candidate’s promise status is publicly visible. Voters can see exactly where the money comes from and what the candidates have committed to.

The 99 Cent Revolution

Corporations killed our dollar stores and hijacked our government.

What can you get for a dollar these days?

You can get America back for a dollar.

This is a 99 cent solution to the 1% problem.

You already made your first contribution. The 99 cents you spent on this book did not just buy you information. It bought you entry into the funding engine that will take back our government. Every copy sold seed-funds the movement — training Districts, building ViaUS, recruiting pledged candidates. You are not reading about a revolution. You are already funding one.

Now here is how your 99 cents becomes $3.4 million a month. If just one out of every hundred US workers gives 99 cents a month, the movement is funded forever.

If just one out of every hundred US workers gives 99 cents a month, the movement is funded forever.

No billionaire. No corporate PAC. No dark money. Just workers funding workers.

99 cents is less than a cup of coffee. It is the smallest amount that still feels like ownership. And when 3.4 million of us (the 2%) each give that 99 cents every month, it becomes $3.366 million per month — recurring, unbreakable, and growing.

This is not charity. This is equity. Every single 99-cent contributor becomes a co-owner of People Primaries. The money flows straight through ViaUS into:

• Training and equipping 435 Districts
• Recruiting and supporting pledged candidates
• Digital ads that reach the next wave of the 2%
• Voter data, organizing tools, and legal defense of the promise
• The ground game that will replace as many members of Congress as possible who have not signed the WORK FOR US! Promise, across 2028 and 2030

One-time 99¢ gifts give us explosive early seed capital.

Recurring 99¢ monthly gifts give us the permanent war chest we need to win.

Join the 99¢ Revolution in 30 seconds

→ ViaUSFunding.com/99

Every donor gets a monthly transparency report showing exactly where their 99 cents went.

The 1% used billions to buy Washington.

The 2% is taking it back for 99 cents.

This is a 99 cent solution to the 1% problem.

Why We Cannot Wait Until Election Year to Build This

This brings us to the critical point about timing. You might be thinking, “Okay, we need a fundraising platform. Can’t we build that in 2028 when the election is happening?”

No. You cannot. And here is why.

Building a fundraising platform takes time. ActBlue launched in 2004, but it took years to reach critical mass. The technology had to be built. The payment processing infrastructure had to be established. The compliance systems had to be created to satisfy Federal Election Commission regulations. Trust had to be earned with donors who were skeptical of sending money to a new platform. By 2008, ActBlue was functional. By 2012, it was powerful. By 2020, it was dominant. That is sixteen years of building.

We do not have sixteen years. We have until November 2028 to elect a People Primaries Congress. The People Primary process begins Labor Day 2027—giving the movement fourteen months to identify, recruit, and back People Primaries candidates before the first primary ballot is cast. That means ViaUS needs to be fully operational by Spring 2027—giving candidates a full year to use it before the general election.

Recruiting candidates takes time. You cannot find a candidate in October 2028 and expect them to win in November. A viable congressional campaign requires at least twelve months of lead time. The candidate needs to build name recognition (6+ months), assemble a team (2-3 months), develop a message (1-2 months), and start fundraising immediately. If we want to field 435 House candidates and 33 Senate candidates in 2028, we need to start recruiting them in early 2027.

Fundraising takes time. A candidate who launches in January 2028 cannot raise $2 million by March. They need to build a donor list from scratch—thousands of small contributions accumulated over months. The earlier ViaUS is operational, the more time candidates have to build their war chests.

Building the District network takes time. The 435 Districts who will organize workers, recruit candidates, and drive fundraising need to form, train, and activate. That process starts now—not in 2028.

The Timeline: What Needs to Happen When

2025-2026: Build the Infrastructure

• Complete development of ViaUS platform
• Establish FEC compliance and payment processing
• Recruit and train initial cohort of District volunteers
• Begin outreach to potential candidates
• Build the donor list through grassroots outreach

2027: Activate the Network

• Full launch of ViaUS with first cohort of pledged candidates
• Districts fully operational in all 435 districts
• Candidate recruitment in full swing for 2028 cycle
• Fundraising begins for declared candidates
• Begin identifying state legislative candidates for ratification push

January-November 2028: Execute People Primaries

• Primary season: Support pledged candidates against corporate-backed incumbents
• General election: Full mobilization of 170 million workers
• ViaUS processes hundreds of millions in small-dollar contributions
• Election Day: Elect 290 House members and 67 Senators who have signed the promise

2029: Ratification

• New Congress proposes the US Majority Amendment
• State-level organizing activates for ratification push
• 38 state legislatures ratify the Amendment
• The Constitution is amended. Corporate personhood ends. Money is no longer speech.

The ViaUSFunding Rollout Plan

The funding infrastructure launches in three phases:

Phase 1: July 4, 2026 — People Primaries Rollout

Buildup Cooperative 501(c)(4), launches with boots on the ground nationwide. Stripe payment processing powers The 99-Cent Revolution immediately — every worker who contributes 99 cents a month helps fund VIA US Workers operations, District training, and initial candidate recruitment from day one. ViaUSFunding.com is under development during this phase.

Phase 2: 2027 — ViaUSFunding Goes Live

ViaUSFunding.com launches and opens to pledged candidates running for federal, state, and local office. Candidates who have signed The WORK FOR US! Promise can use the platform to raise small-dollar contributions from their communities. The transition from Stripe to ViaUSFunding brings dedicated compliance tools, transparency reporting, and the full candidate-support infrastructure the movement needs for the 2028 cycle.

Phase 3: 2027-2028 — Nonprofit and Movement Expansion

ViaUSFunding expands to serve other campaigns and nonprofits aligned with worker interests, similar to how ActBlue and WinRed serve their respective ecosystems. This creates a sustainable funding infrastructure for the broader movement — one that belongs to the workers, not to a party or a donor class.

What You Can Do Right Now

If you are reading this book: You have already taken the first step — your purchase funded the movement. The next step costs the same: 99 cents a month at ViaUSFunding.com/99. That is it. That is the whole ask. The same price that put this book in your hands can put a Worker Congress in Washington.

The movement needs three things: people, money, and candidates. ViaUS powers all three.

On July 4, 2026, the US Majority launches with boots on the ground nationwide to take our government back from corporate control.

If you are a potential candidate: Start planning now. The promise is available in Appendix B. Begin building your network. Contact Buildup Cooperative about access to the ViaUS Network when it launches.

If you want to help form a District: Sign up at peopleprimaries.com. The training materials are in Appendix C. Your role is to organize workers in your district, identify candidates, and drive fundraising through ViaUS.

If you want to connect with workers in your district right now: Go to peopleprimaries.com. Attend an online training. Meet the people near you who are building this movement from the ground up — and let them find you. Every district needs its 2%, and the 2% find each other at peopleprimaries.com.

If you are a worker who wants to help: Go to ViaUSFunding.com and sign up for updates. When the platform launches, contribute to candidates who have signed the promise. Even $20 matters when millions of us do it together.

If you have technical, legal, or fundraising expertise: The movement needs volunteers to help build ViaUS. Contact Buildup Cooperative to offer your skills.

The Bottom Line

The People Primaries strategy is not a fantasy. It is a plan. And every plan needs resources.

The corporations have their money. The billionaires have their Super PACs. The parties have their machines.

We have something more powerful: 170 million workers who are tired of being ignored.

ViaUS gives those workers a way to fund their own liberation. Every dollar contributed through the platform is a dollar that does not come with corporate strings attached. Every candidate who uses it is accountable to the workers who funded them—not to the donor class that has captured our government.

This is how we take back the Republic. One small contribution at a time. One candidate at a time. One district at a time.

But it starts now. Not next year. Not when the election gets close. Now.

Because if we wait until 2028 to build the machine, it will be too late. The other side has been building theirs for fifty years. We have catching up to do.

Let’s get to work.