{"id":2597876,"date":"2026-05-01T19:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-dems-unveil-new-affordability-agenda-and-its-just-as-bad-as-you-might-think\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:43:17","slug":"progressive-dems-unveil-new-affordability-agenda-and-its-just-as-bad-as-you-might-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-dems-unveil-new-affordability-agenda-and-its-just-as-bad-as-you-might-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Dems Unveil &#8216;New Affordability Agenda,&#8217; and It&#8217;s Just As Bad as You Might Think"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fprogressive-dems-unveil-new-affordability-agenda-and-its-just-as-bad-as-you-might-think%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=2597876&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>The text argues that the Congressional Progressive Caucus\u2019s \u201cNew Affordability Agenda\u201d is misleadingly branded and would ultimately make Americans poorer rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cincinnati-bengals-running-back-joe-mixon-predicts-gas-prices-will-reach-10\/\" title=\"Cincinnati Bengals Running Back Joe Mixon Predicts Gas Prices Will Reach \">lowering everyday costs<\/a>. It claims the agenda would require drug, oil, utility, and grocery companies (and taxpayers) to absorb costs or provide benefits, but that these costs would still find their way to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>It lists planned measures such as:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; lowering drug prices through government-supported discounted generics,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; cracking down on utility overcharging,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; imposing taxes on oil \u201cextra profits\u201d and refunding the proceeds to consumers,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; addressing grocery pricing and factors that raise farming costs,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; guaranteeing paid time off and higher overtime pay,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; expanding down-payment and rental assistance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/housing-affordability-plummets-to-new-low-with-all-the-least-affordable-housing-markets-in-california\/\" title=\"Housing Affordability Plummets To New Low, With All The Least Affordable Housing Markets In California\">reduce housing costs<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; capping childcare costs at a percentage of income,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; and \u201cabolishing Super PACs\u201d to limit billionaires\u2019 influence.<\/p>\n<p>The author quotes caucus leaders claiming these steps are supported by polling and would reduce costs for working people, then counters by pointing to examples (notably allegations of waste\/fraud in Minnesota) and concludes that the real effect is hidden cost shifting. It ends by warning that if Democrats gain control of Congress, \u201cfree\u201d benefits would increase costs.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you think America is costly now, wait until \u2014 heaven forbid \u2014 voters give it over to people preaching \u201caffordability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled what it called its \u201cNew Affordability Agenda.\u201d If it ever gets enacted, it\u2019ll go down with \u201cjumbo shrimp\u201d and \u201copen secret\u201d in the great oxymorons of all time.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t listen to the members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-hakeem-jeffries-facing-rebellion-democratic-caucus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caucus<\/a>, who are pushing \u201caffordability\u201d as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/typical-virginia-democrats-addressing-affordability-issues-tripling-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buzzword<\/a> for Democrats ahead of the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Their solutions? Make drug, oil, utility, and grocery companies pay more \u2014 and force all companies and taxpayers to provide freebies \u2014 under the unsupportable idea that none of these costs will be passed on to <em>you<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese bills tackle the biggest parts of most American\u2019s budgets, making cheaper: prescription drugs, groceries, housing, utility bills, gas, and childcare,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/progressives.house.gov\/press-releases?ID=4151431F-6DC6-4A15-AD9E-2376936078EA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media release<\/a> read. \u201cNew polling from Data for Progress shows every single proposal in the New Affordability Agenda is supported by the vast majority of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Yes, well, so is Santa Claus giving you every present on your Christmas list \u2014 until you\u2019re a parent, of course, which is the problem with this logic.<\/p>\n<p>The first item of business would be \u201cestablishing a government program to sell generic drugs at a discount,\u201d which doesn\u2019t sound horrible except for the vagueness of it and the old maxim that if the government were put in charge of the Sahara they\u2019d run out of sand in five years.<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Progressive Caucus meanwhile promised to make \u201cutilities cheaper by cracking down on for-profit utilities overcharging consumers,\u201d which will supposedly in no way be passed on via other costs or worse service.<\/p>\n<p>They also plan to make \u201cgas cheaper by charging big oil companies a tax on extra profits because of the war, then refunding that money to consumers.\u201d Again, <em>totally won\u2019t be passed on. <\/em>Also, that  in your spam folder <em>really<\/em> is from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nigerian-prince--scammer-nabbed-police-no-prince\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigerian prince<\/a>, and all you need to get a massive inheritance is give him your account and routing numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Other soak-the-corporations provisions which absolutely, positively won\u2019t trickle down to you, dear consumer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMaking groceries cheaper by cracking down on big grocers who fix prices and on companies that abuse seed patents to make farming more expensive.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMaking time off cheaper by guaranteeing every worker two weeks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-govt-employees-took-hundreds-of-hours-of-paid-time-off-to-elect-warnock-docs-show\/\" title=\"Local Gov\u2019t Employees Took Hundreds of Hours of Paid ... Off To Elect Warnock, Docs Show\">paid vacation time<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPutting money in pockets by requiring companies to pay double wages for overtime, as opposed to the current time-and-a-half standard.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And when they\u2019re not forcing corporations to pass on the price to you in creative ways, they\u2019re finding ways to get government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-touts-police-funding-border-security-in-rebuke-to-democrats\/\" title=\"Biden Touts Police Funding, Border Security in Rebuke to Democrats\">make things cheaper<\/a> by making them more expensive for someone who they swear won\u2019t be you, for real, Scout\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n<p>Their plan for cheaper housing, for instance, is \u201cbuilding millions of new homes, offering every first-time homeowner $20,000 in downpayment assistance, and expanding rental assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They also want to make \u201cchildcare cheaper by guaranteeing no family pays more than 7% of its income \u2013 under $10 a day for most families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and also throw in a wonderfully anti-First Amendment provision, as well: \u201cAbolishing Super PACs so billionaires can\u2019t buy more policies that make stuff more expensive.\u201d If abolishing entities that made \u201cstuff more expensive\u201d was at the top of my agenda, I\u2019d have something to say about the Congressional Progressive Caucus, but never mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAffordability is not a \u2018hoax,\u2019 and it also has to be more than just a slogan,\u201d Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-lawmakers-skipping-trumps-state-union-hold-rally-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Casar<\/a>, the Texas Democrat who chairs the caucus, remarked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New Affordability Agenda shows how Democrats can actually make things cheaper for working people by taking on special interests who are ripping people off. These are the kind of bold, populist ideas Democrats should talk about in 2026 and pass in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, deputy chair Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, said that the agenda \u201clays out bold steps to lower costs for childcare, housing, groceries, gas, and healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I mention this merely because Omar\u2019s home state has become the poster child of how this <em>doesn\u2019t <\/em>work, with tens of billions of dollars burned into the ether because of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/infamous-quality-learing-center-day-care-officially-shuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quality Learing Center<\/a>\u201c-esque scams that weren\u2019t acted upon, even after red flags were raised, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/one-agency-tried-stop-somali-welfare-fraud-early-2020-activists-used-dei-intimidate-silence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">until a whistleblower report forced them into it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let this be a reminder: Every single agenda item here will make you or other Americans poorer in some way. 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