Trump: Affordability America is just a figment of your imagination

Trump: Affordability America is just a figment of your imagination

The president has made a fundamental error. He has called affordability “a hoax that was started by Democrats who caused the problem of pricing.” He said that affordability was a con job and said “Look, affordability’s a hoax that was started by Democrats who caused the problem of pricing. And they didn’t end it when, look, they lost it in a landslide.” The public disagrees and a politician should never tell the people that they are imagining things that aren’t there because even if it isn’t there it is in the minds of the public. Yes it is true that the inflation was 8 percent under Biden and about 3 percent now. But voters in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and Georgia said that affordability was not a hoax and was real.

The president asserts that its all Biden’s fault. He gave us the high inflation and now the president is busy bringing it down. So as the cartoon says “Everything is fine. You just need to look in the right place.”

Affordability is real and not a hoax. Eighty percent of people polled say health care affordability is a very important issue. One third of voters say housing affordability is a top three concern. Gen Z says it is their biggest concern. Even at 3 percent affordability and inflation is the top concern of Americans. So the president erred in telling people that they were delusional if they think affordability is a hoax.

Even the republicans in the House disagree with the president on this issue. The republican national committee just met and its chair, Lisa McClain (R-MI) said “House Republicans are acting on our affordability agenda. Will move forward with the Dump Red Tape Act and the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act. These are real reforms to roll back Washington’s overreach and put power back where it belongs. The power needs to be with the workers, with the families and with the job creators, not with the government.” My goodness a republican who sounds like a republican. Will wonders never cease. So is the president going to accuse the House republicans of falling for the democrat hoax. BTW, if affordability is a hoax, then why has the president been threatening Big Pharma and now the food industry to bring down their prices? Huh?

Instead of Trump saying that affordability is a hoax he should be embracing the fight to eliminate it. It is a wonder that he and other republicans don’t point out that the democrats ran on affordability in New York and New Jersey and they were the ones who made things unaffordable in the first place. Also if healthcare is the main concern of Americans don’t you think Obamacare might be a wee bit responsible? Aren’t democrat states like California and New York the poster children for lack of affordability. There is actually a study done at Cal Berkeley – of all places – that shows that states run by democrats are 13 percent more expensive than states run by republicans, Texas, Florida, Tennessee anyone? Yes healthcare and housing are the main concerns. But energy prices should rank up there as well. Don’t you think that Biden’s embrace of the Green New Deal might have been a factor in the increase in the price of energy?

There is a reason why democrat run states are losing population while republican run states are gaining population. Don’t you think that affordability might just play a part? So that the democrats are running on fixing the problems that they created and the republicans are too dumb to exploit this fact just shows that the republicans are essentially brain dead. And the president with his see no affordability, hear no affordability and speak no affordability while insisting that the American public is delusional certainly does not help.