Capitalism Lifts People Out of Poverty

The greatest enemy poverty has ever faced is the American free-enterprise system.

Capitalism makes it possible to come from nothing and achieve the American Dream.

Leftists are trying to destroy it by misleading young people about what it truly represents, and we need to push… pic.twitter.com/JMPFRQ7FGT

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 12, 2026