{"id":2587736,"date":"2026-04-06T16:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-partys-history-on-affordability-isnt-favorable-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:20:51","slug":"democratic-partys-history-on-affordability-isnt-favorable-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-partys-history-on-affordability-isnt-favorable-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Party&#8217;s history on affordability isn&#8217;t favorable: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-partys-history-on-affordability-isnt-favorable-joe-concha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587736&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha argues that the Democratic Party\u2019s focus on affordability may ultimately hurt them in the long run. he questions what the party actually plans to do to lower the cost of living and contends that there\u2019s likely little that can be done in the near term to make prices noticeably more affordable. Concha points to Democratic actions such as the Inflation Reduction Act, framing it as a Green New Deal-style effort that raised taxes and spending, which in his view contributes to inflation rather than alleviating it. He cites polling data showing about 70% of Americans feel their area is unaffordable and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rising credit-card debt<\/a>, arguing that simply promising relief without concrete policies won\u2019t satisfy voters. The piece also notes that voters who research the issue will recall Democratic control of the White House and Congress in recent years, and it mentions centrists who campaigned as moderates but purportedly did not deliver on affordability. Concha portrays affordability as a potential political liability for Democrats in the 2026 midterms and beyond, suggesting some may ignore the issue if they regain power.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democratic Party&rsquo;s history on tackling affordability isn&rsquo;t favorable: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2552942\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> said he wants to know what exactly the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic Party&rsquo;s<\/a> plan is to address the cost of living going forward.<\/p>\n<p>An opinion piece published on Sunday argues that the Democratic Party&rsquo;s focus on affordability this November could hurt it going into 2028 and beyond, as &ldquo;there&rsquo;s probably nothing Democrats can do&rdquo; to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senator-infuriated-by-pete-hegseths-take-on-women-in-combat-roles\/\" title=\"Dem Senator Infuriated by Pete Hegseth&#039;s Take on &#039;Women in Combat&#039; Roles\">make things &#038;ldquo<\/a>;noticeably&rdquo; more affordable in the near future, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/5815849-democrats-affordability-midterm-elections\/\">according to<\/a> the<em> Hill<\/em>. Concha said any voter who &ldquo;does their homework&rdquo; will notice that Democrats had control of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> &ldquo;just a few years ago,&rdquo; when party members promoted the Inflation Reduction Act.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was a version of the Green New Deal, inflation goes above 9%,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Varney &amp; Co<\/em>. Monday, guest-hosted by Ashley Webster. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In the end, Democrats support raising taxes, which would&rsquo;ve happened if the Big Beautiful Bill didn&rsquo;t pass last year, that&rsquo;s certainly not a solution to make things more affordable, and they want to increase spending, which Econ 101 taught me way back when only devalues the dollar and therefore leads to the kind of inflation that we saw under the last administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3463632&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=e8e4bc8a54299ff4f05e8950e6e1aeb3\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-thinks-tight-polls-could-give-way-to-an-electoral-college-blowout\/\" title=\"CNN Analyst Thinks Tight Polls Could Give Way to an Electoral College \u2018Blowout...\">cited polling data<\/a> that indicated 70% of U.S. residents say the area they live in is &ldquo;unaffordable,&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-worker-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-after-lying-to-govt-for-pandemic-benefits\/\" title=\"NASA worker sentenced to 18 months in prison after lying to govt. for pandemic benefits\">credit card debt<\/a> is at &ldquo;an all-time high&rdquo; as &ldquo;survival now runs on credit.&rdquo; He wants to know &ldquo;the plan&rdquo; to lower the cost of living, as raising taxes or increasing spending won&rsquo;t address this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4513531\/reclaiming-affordability-midterm-elections-cost-of-living-referendum\/\"><strong>RECLAIMING AFFORDABILITY: 2026 MIDTERMS MAY BE COST OF LIVING REFERENDUM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Concha added that voters could still buy into the Democratic Party&rsquo;s platform, citing how Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abigail-spanberger\/\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> (D-VA) ran as a centrist on the 2025 campaign trail, but &ldquo;pulled a bait-and-switch&rdquo; upon entering office. He said many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-medias-transformation-of-kamala-harris\/\" title=\"The Media&#039;s Transformation of Kamala Harris\">voters aren&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t &ldquo;paying attention,&rdquo; and may &ldquo;roll the dice&rdquo; on campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> economics columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/tiana-lowe-doescher\/\">Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/a> predicted that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4510456\/democrats-kangaroo-courts-tiana-lowe-doescher\/\">Democratic lawmakers will ignore affordability<\/a> if they retake the House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\">this November<\/a>. She said the party could seek to propose its own affordability legislation but instead subpoena and &ldquo;go after&rdquo; people who have worked with President Donald Trump or donated to his White House ballroom project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concha: Dems&#8217; affordability record isn&#8217;t favorable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2587737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP25352629536065-e1775505396531.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[18297,3685,73764,70303],"class_list":["post-2587736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-affordability","tag-democrats","tag-joe-concha-2","tag-political-analysis-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP25352629536065-e1775505396531.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587736"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587740,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587736\/revisions\/2587740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}