Declaring War on High Prices
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Career politicians and economists say the price increases since the pandemic are permanent; that the best America can hope for is a slower rate of increase on top of what already rose too much.
I refuse to accept that.
Grocery prices are 30% higher. Rents are 35% higher. New home construction is over 50% higher. Construction materials are 40% higher. Health insurance premiums are 30% higher. Electricity prices are up 40%. New car prices are up 22%. Used care prices are up 40%.
I'm running for Congress to change this. I said to myself I have real life experience I can use to fix these problems.
When I was in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan I got supplies over mountain, through deserts, and down broken roads. I kept fuel flowing in places where failure meant disaster.
If I can fix those supply chains, I can fix the ones here at home.
I'm a registered nurse, witnessing the failures of our healthcare system on a daily basis. I can fix healthcare, too.
Make no mistake, these price spikes aren't normal inflation. America has lost the productive capacity that once made us the strongest, most affordable economy in the world. Now, we excel only in funneling money into Wall Street instead of into real production.
Getting prices back down won't be easy, but it is possible. It will take a mobilization of America's productive capacity on a scale we haven't seen since World War II.
Every 80 years or so, this country faces a test that determines whether we rise or fall. This is our generation's great cause.
We walk in the footsteps of Americans who endured the Revolution, the Civil War, the Great Depression, and World War II. We are called to be America's next great generation.
Let's do what the experts say can't be done.
Keith Pilkington
About Me
Keith Pilkington is a registered nurse, veteran, and Alabama native running for Congress because working families deserve the same shot at the American Dream that earlier generations had — a good job, an affordable home, and a future you can build on.
Keith grew up in Alabama and joined the U.S. Army as a young man, serving in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. As a logistics soldier, he saw firsthand the power of American ingenuity — and the consequences when systems break down. He participated in the Thunder Runs into Baghdad, witnessing up close how supply, coordination, and teamwork can achieve the impossible. That experience shaped his philosophy: good logistics win battles, and good systems build strong communities.
After leaving the Army, Keith became a nurse, caring for patients across hospitals and home health. On long shifts, he watched families struggle with rising prices, medical bills, and an economy that no longer works for the people who make it run. He sees the same pattern everywhere: America isn’t failing because people are weak — it’s failing because our systems are. And systems can be rebuilt.
Keith is running for Congress to bring back the approach that worked for our parents and grandparents — the same approach that built the middle class after World War II:
invest in workers, invest in industry, and invest in the fundamentals of a strong nation.
He believes Alabama can lead the way by focusing on the basics that once made America the envy of the world:
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Building homes families can truly afford
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Strengthening farms, factories, and small businesses
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Fixing supply chains so prices fall
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Training up a new generation of skilled workers
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Supporting production over speculation
Keith isn’t a career politician. He’s a nurse who’s held the hands of the sick, a soldier who moved supplies under fire, and an Alabamian tired of watching Washington forget what made America strong in the first place.