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Tagalog How the “Business of Poverty” Really Works (And How You Can Help Me Expose It)

From 1970s Puerto Rican revolutionary to “poverty pimp” insider, now exposing how the business of poverty really works — and asking a new generation to help keep the truth alive.

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Jan 20, 2026
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I’m a retired, disabled U.S. Army veteran on a fixed Social Security income, working with osteoarthritis and newly diagnosed osteoporosis.
Isa akong retirado at may kapansanang beterano ng U.S. Army na nabubuhay sa nakatakdang Social Security income, habang nakikibaka sa osteoarthritis at bagong-diagnose na osteoporosis.

Some days my body simply won’t let me work the way my mind still wants to, but I refuse to walk away from exposing the “business of poverty” and the people profiting from it.
May mga araw na hindi na kaya ng katawan ko ang trabaho na gusto pang gawin ng isip ko, pero tumatanggi akong tumalikod sa paglalantad ng “negosyo ng kahirapan” at ng mga taong kumikita mula rito.

Back in the 1970s, I was a Puerto Rican revolutionary, fighting from the inside of the struggle.
Noong dekada 1970, isa akong Puerto Rican na rebolusyonaryo, lumalaban mula sa loob mismo ng kilusan.

Over time, as I rose to the top of a prominent organiz…

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