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The Democrats’ ‘Affordability’ Plan Is To Expand Welfare And Punish Elon Musk

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The Democrats’ ‘Affordability’ Plan Is To Expand Welfare And Punish Elon Musk

When voters elect Democrats, they should prepare for an ‘affordability’ agenda that does nothing they want.

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A pair of articles in Axios this week should be a clue to voters that if and when Democrats take control of Congress after the midterms, their promise to focus on “affordability” will amount to two things: a return to Biden-era welfare expansion and a lot of probing and hearings for corporate and tech CEOs, especially Elon Musk.

To the extent that Democrats would be able to do anything to lower prices on groceries, gas and rent, their actual proposals would do nothing. In fact, they would do the opposite. After the midterms, “Progressives are eyeing a living wage, universal child care, lifting the payroll tax cap to shore up Social Security, and repealing a cap on federally subsidized public housing,” wrote Mike Allen of Axios on Thursday. Democrats also plan on pushing, again, “Medicare for all.”

None of that is new. Democrats have been trying these busted policies for decades. And isn’t........

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