Now I Get It: Affordability is a Con
Affordability is just the Democrats’ latest excuse for giving out free stuff to their supporters, paid for by you and me.
Christopher Chantrill | May 4, 2026
For months, I’ve been a bit confused about “affordability,” the latest Democrat meme. Then, early last week, I read a piece about “affordability” and realized: “of course.” Affordability is just the Democrats’ latest excuse for giving out free stuff to their supporters, paid for by you and me. Even though I can’t find the article that I read, I wrote about “affordability” on my Substack.
If you look at the Congressional Progressive Caucus “New Affordability Agenda” you realize that Affordability is not just about free stuff, but something else. “Affordability” is about politicians trying to fix things they screwed up already. It’s a lame effort to paper over the failure of government programs. Let’s go down the CPC’s bullet points.
Government program to “directly manufacture generic drugs.” What could go wrong?
Eliminate “the corporate stranglehold over crop production and [crack] down on price fixing by big grocery store chains.” Sen. Warren (D-MA): Stop the Kroger/Safeway merger!
Make housing cheaper with “downpayment assistance for first-time homeowners” and “rental assistance.” Hey, sports fans! Remember the mortgage meltdown? That was all about gubmint subsidies to low-income borrowers. Know how to make housing affordable? Stop subsidizing it and stop liberal climate and zoning scams.
“To make utility bills cheaper… crack down on for-profit utilities price gouging consumers.” Hey, sports fans: how about canceling the Green New Deal and the Climate Change Scam!
“To make childcare cheaper… provid[e] federal funding for states and localities[.]” Federal funding for childcare? What could go wrong?
To lower gas prices, how about a “Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax [to curb] profiteering by oil companies.” I know: how about “drill, baby, drill” in the teeth of opposition from the dentist’s lobby.
And so on.
Do you realize, dear progressive friends, that your affordability agenda is proof of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt’s fascist doctrine that politics is all about sticking the enemy and gifting your friends?
Enemy? Big Pharma, corporations, grocery chains, utilities, Big Oil.
Friend? Helpless victims of all of the above.
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