It is astonishing what most of the media report on and what information they intentionally hide from the public as they cheerfully campaign for all Democrats, including the self-avowed socialists. Talking points from the media and other Democrats will almost always include the word “affordability,” along with falsely accusing Trump of being responsible for the “affordability crisis.” However, they never ask how much all the government programs will cost to reach the elusive “affordability.”
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Currently, they endlessly report that Trump’s 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products will make American goods unaffordable. Let’s evaluate that claim.
Even under the extreme assumption that the entire $10 billion will be passed directly to American consumers and spread evenly across the population, the hit is minimal for most people. $10 billion divided by 343 million people is $29.15 per year or $2.43 per month or, rounded up, 8 cents each day. Maybe people could give up a half cup of Starbucks coffee each month to compensate.
Speaking of coffee, the wholesale price of Colombian coffee was $1.70 per pound when Trump ended his first term, and went up to $3.41 (up 100.6%) when Biden left office. It fell to $3.25 in June 2026, eighteen months into Trump’s term. Still, the media didn’t talk about unaffordability during Biden’s years and endlessly blame Trump now.
When Trump won the election, people were warned to go out and buy new cars because tariffs would substantially raise prices. The media never similarly warned people about the costs from Biden’s policies and regulations aimed at ending gas cars, including forcing car companies to make and sell expensive electric cars that the people didn’t want.
Here are the facts about the average price of new cars:
- December 2020: $41,335
- December 2024: $49,740 (up 20.3%)
- June 2026: $49,758 (effectively flat)
The media still spreads the lie that cars are unaffordable because of Trump.
The media supported Biden as he campaigned on destroying the oil, gas, and coal industry and supported the radical green policies to pretend governments can control the climate.
Here are facts about crude oil prices: They took off as soon as Biden won the election and were up by 80% within one year of taking office. Yet we didn’t see the media blame his policies for the inflation and unaffordability these high prices caused.
- Crude oil in October 2020: $39.40
- Crude oil in December 2024: $71 (up 80%)
When Biden took office, he immediately refused to enforce border laws. Millions of illegals flowed in, putting upward pressure on home and rent prices, especially those at the lower end of housing stock.
We hear repeatedly about the unaffordability of houses and were told that Trump’s tariffs would add substantially to the prices. As prices increased substantially during Biden’s years, insurance and real estate taxes also increased. Prices are down a little since Trump took office
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New house prices:
- December 2020: $401,700
- December 2024: $508,900 (up 26.7%)
- June 2026: $488,900 (down 3.9%)
The same trend shows up in rental prices:
- December 2020: $1,400 per month
- December 2024: $1,900 per month (up 35.7%)
- June 2026: $1,930 (up 1.58%)
As Biden’s policies caused inflation to soar from 1.4% in 2020 to 8% in 2022, the Federal Reserve was forced to raise interest rates. Therefore, mortgages soared, too:
- December 2020: Averaged 2.66%
- December 2024: Averaged 6.72%
- June 2026: Averaged roughly 6.50%
A payment on a $300,000 30-year mortgage at 2.66% is $1,210.47. At 6.72%, the payment is $1,939.82. Put another way, the Biden mortgage rate hikes meant an extra $8,752.15 in interest payments.
The media supported Democrats as they shut down the government at the end of 2025 because subsidies on Obamacare for high-income people would go away. They falsely said that the rates for the poor would also soar, but they are still near zero. They stopped reporting on the story when the truth was known.
Democrats still pretend that Obamacare makes insurance affordable and fight all changes that the Republicans propose (not that Republicans try much anymore). Obama and other Democrats perpetuated the lie that premiums would go down when Obamacare was passed.
Here is the truth: In December 2009, average single premiums were $402 per month. In June of 2026, the premium was up to $777 per month, or a 93% increase, while the U.S cumulative inflation rate was “only” 53%. Family premiums are up from $1,115 per month to $2,249 per month, a 101% increase. Obamacare destroyed competition and made big insurance companies a lot richer while making the public poorer.
The experts, most of the media, and other Democrats predicted Trump’s tariffs on April 2, 2025, would crash the stock market. Here is the truth:
- Dow Jones on 4/3/25: 40,545.93
- Dow Jones on 7/31/26: 52,485.03 (up 29%)
- Nasdaq on 4/3/25: 16,550.61
- Nasdaq on 7/31/26: 25,373.85 (up 53%)
- S & P 500 on 4/3/25: 5,396.52
- S & P 500 on 7/31/26: 7,489.72 (up 39%)
The truth is that stock prices and corporate profits are way up, not down. People and public pension funds who didn’t listen to the experts and other Democrats have greatly improved their financial situation and affordability, especially for the future. Thank goodness for capitalism. Hopefully poor and middle-class children will invest in Trump accounts.
In summary, Democrats and most of the media lie. They care about power, not affordability.
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