Robbie "the fire" made a good point about "affordability" just being a rebranding of "inflation".

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A real affordability agenda would unleash free markets, not constrain them.

"Affordability" is the hot new policy frame in American politics. Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoralty vowing to slash the cost of living with rent freezes, "free" buses, and city-run grocery stores. Mikie Sherrill coasted to New Jersey's governorship promising to cap electricity bills. Those Democrats' success has now caught the GOP's attention. "It's all about prices," Republican strategist Doug Heye told Reuters. "People are furious when they go out and spend money at the grocery store, and they can't believe what they are spending."

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> A real affordability agenda would unleash free markets, not constrain them.
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> "Affordability" is the hot new policy frame in American politics. Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoralty vowing to slash the cost of living with rent freezes, "free" buses, and city-run grocery stores. Mikie Sherrill coasted to New Jersey's governorship promising to cap electricity bills. Those Democrats' success has now caught the GOP's attention. "It's all about prices," Republican strategist Doug Heye told Reuters. "People are furious when they go out and spend money at the grocery store, and they can't believe what they are spending."
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