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Ol Janx Spirit

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5. He's right. It will be. But what policy does he or Republicans have to even remotely address the pricing...
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 10:27 PM
6 hrs ago

...that is important to Americans--especially with healthcare about to go up exponentially; and exactly zero plans to lower the cost of childcare or housing?

Sure, the price of eggs and gas are down--but none of that really has to do with their policies.

The tariff policies are actually designed to make prices higher so that manufacturing and other production will come back to the US and provide higher wages. That will not make prices come down ever--quite the opposite.

It worries me a little that he is actually able to identify the main issue, but his ability to actually do anything about it is severely in question.

And, unfortunately, America needs him to fail on "affordability", because we can't afford two more years of Republican rule.

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