Posted on 12/15/2025 2:07:24 AM PST by texas booster
The recent Democratic cry of “affordability” is ironic in many ways.
The left-wing narrative of Trump hyperinflation was one of desperation and came only after previous memes had failed to resonate.
The 2025 generic “dictator,” “fascist,” and “Nazi” smear points never helped the left much.
Nor did the nihilist government shutdown over the “Obamacare crisis” work other than perhaps to depress fourth-quarter GDP.
Nor did the earlier spring 2025 melodramatic predictions of an impending “Trade War,” “Recession,” and stock-market “Meltdown resonate.”
Nor did the “Gestapo,” “SS,” and “Nazi” ICE smears become effective talking points.
The “illegal orders” and “unconstitutional use of force” in destroying narcotraffickers’ shipments in transit of lethal drugs were mostly empty rhetoric.
Then the Democrats got smart and remembered how Trump had won in 2024.
He ran and triumphed on pointing out that gasoline had gone sky-high under Biden, who drained the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, put federal oil and gas lands off-limits, and wasted hundreds of billions on green subsidies.
Biden entered office with Trump’s national gas average of $2.39 a gallon and promptly doubled it to $5—until it settled down to a four-year average of $3.35-40 a gallon. That was roughly 35-40 cents higher than the present $3.00 Trump national average.
Biden’s four-year inflation had cumulatively hit 21.5% and it climbed much higher when staples like key foods, insurance, housing, energy, cars, etc., were tabulated separately.
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In any case, in the 2024 campaign, the case was made that Biden had added $8 trillion to the national debt while making staples unaffordable to the middle class. Trump easily won on that economics/affordability issue.
The affordability case was seemingly closed, given that the Democrats never had an answer for Biden’s misery indices and thus turned to the other smears mentioned above.
But then a funny thing happened.
Trump had entered office with a monthly inflation rate of 3%. but did not somehow immediately lower it. And the rate remains. After ten months of Trump’s tenure, it was still at the same 3%.
Yet suddenly, the left cried, “Affordability!”
Apparently, Trump was culpable because in months he had yet to undo all the damage Biden had inflicted over four years, despite the fact that Trump’s inflation was already 2.2 points less than the Biden four-year yearly average—and headed downward.
But the public was exhausted by high prices and wanted Trump not just to lower dramatically the average Biden inflation rate but also to reduce the Biden 21.5 aggregate inflation and to do so immediately.
The Trump team did not believe anyone would believe this yarn for a number of reasons.
Interesting take on the MSM spin on the economy by Prof Hanson.
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The difference between socialism and capitalism.
Socialistic governments implement fast, radical changes, which may even show some desired output in short run. In long run, they are always disastrous.
Capitalistic government keeps their hands off, letting people do the work. It sometimes appears as “do nothing” government.
In long term, it always works.
affordability, another communist socialist label. If you have 10 dollars you can only afford 10 dollars worth so we will help you to afford what you cant afford
A lie, and still parroted today.
Prices are stable...Some things are coming down...because of supply and demand.
I hunt around for good deals.
Aldi had wagu ground beef for $4.99/lb. I bought 5 lbs...wish I had bought 10.
Whole chicken $1.39 lb. or go for Bjs rotisserie chicken...3 lbs. $4.99.
There is thing called a job that deals with the affordable issue. As wages rise to keep up with costs things tend to stay affordable. It is the free loaders that have to cry for more $ for their free stuff.
The administration should have laid out the hard, cold facts that whole country-wide prices will not come down unless there is a 1930’s depression resulting in deflation.
Inflation is a forever kinetic financial entity in the system. Instead of saying “prices are lower” they should say the rate of prices increasing has slowed dramatically.
This affordability theme requires increasing income and wages to cut down the non-affordability ratio. It’s the only way.
Notice that leftists are in favor of government “doing nothing” when it comes to illegal immigration.
Lol.
Capitalism is the ONLY system that takes in account human nature. That is the tendency for humans to “feather their own nests.”
The “inflation rate” is an understated stat, and the massive flood of immigrants has cut worker wages while upping the cost of housing for decades now.
Trump ran on mass deportations, but then immediately shifted to onesy-twosy “bad hombre” deportations.
Another good article by VDH. He’s right. We’re letting the left set the topic of the day, which is never economics because that favors Trump. We should be adamant to make the discussion about “it’s the economy stupid” because that favors the Republicans bigly.
I wish this affordability issue would focus on housing.
Because if we talk about housing affordability, we will find that housing is the most expensive in many places run by Democrats.
And why is housing so expensive in California, and New York among others? .Democrat policies certainly have caused a lot of that.
So let’s have that debate.
Biden's inflation was the culmination of the business and political elite working assiduously for 25 years to reduce US wages, parasitizing the economy for their own benefit.
A few observstions:
1. Trump has many great affordability points to make, but he must get out there and make them. Personal attacks, name calling, and foreign policy adventures won’t do the job.
2. Republicans can do more than one thing at once. They should not abandon their other popular issues— LGBT promotion, crime, failing schools, DEI doctors, voting fraud, etc.
Yes.
Since Socialist are busybodies running other people lives, they often neglect things like defense, borders or crime.
he must get out there and make them
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Trump should change his message and really campaign on how he is making America better.
Not just by removing the illegals, to make jobs openings for Americans, but removing regulations to make space for private developers to build up. By reducing inflation, protecting American jobs from foreign dumping, etc.
He talks about his actions, but often skips the arguments how are his actions actually directly benefiting US people.
Lots of people are not educated in economy and they cannot make the connection!
Nor did the nihilist government shutdown over the “Obamacare crisis” work other than perhaps to depress fourth-quarter GDP.@
.gov is now 39.4% of GDP. They shut down 12% of the FY2026 and 47% Q1 FY2926.
That was Sabotage. Change my mind!
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