Letter to the editor: Rouzer wins, you lose

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 06.18.26

Being our congressman has worked out well for David Rouzer. For us, not so much.

In 2023, Rouzer’s investments gained 105.6%. He was the fourth biggest winner in Congress. Did you double your money in 2023? Me neither.

In 2024, Rouzer’s investments soared 149% — he was the #1 winner among all 535 senators and representatives. The Daily Haymaker called him North Carolina’s very own “Wolf of Wall Street.”

What did Rouzer know? Whatever it was, he used it to help himself. But how much did he help you? Which, after all, is supposed to be his full-time job? For you, he’s been the Miser of Main Street.

Rouzer voted for Trump’s 2025 budget reconciliation bill that cost North Carolina over $40 billion in federal spending. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) voted against it, asking, “what do I tell 663,000 people in two or three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding is not there anymore?” Trump endorsed Rouzer and drove Tillis into retirement.

Rouzer’s vote stripped Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, costing another 214,000 North Carolinians their healthcare — the largest percentage ACA enrollment drop in the country. Rouzer’s vote to cut $32 billion in healthcare funding put nine rural hospitals at risk of closure.

Rouzer’s vote cut $420 million from NC’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), taking food from 1.4 million North Carolinians. That hurt NC farmers, who supplied the food that Rouzer cut. Economists estimate NC’s overall economic loss at $750 million.

Rouzer supports Trump’s tariffs, which drove off foreign buyers. NC farmers lost $695 million, one-third of their normal net farm income, and 8,000 jobs.

Rouzer called for war with Iran, which caused fertilizer and fuel costs to soar nearly 50%, costing you money and pushing NC farmers to the brink.

Voting for Rouzer made him richer and you poorer. Don’t repeat that mistake in November. Elect Kim Hardy.

Arthur Hill

Southport