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leftstreet

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5. No. Been there, done that

Reply to cachukis (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 01:00 PM

Nov 6

"affordable healthcare" ended being anything but

What's affordable to a person making $50k a year isn't the same for someone making $200k

I don't know the answer, but it just sounds like backsliding

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Affordability. Seems like the Dems finally have a hook. [View all] cachukis Nov 6 OP

As long as it's not just a new euphemism for the "Abundance Agenda", it's all good Fiendish Thingy Nov 6 #1

Abundance agenda is too esoteric. For think tankers. cachukis Nov 6 #2

+1 a thousand times leftstreet Nov 6 #4

It's the ** tRump regime ** that has declared affordability as their hook. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 6 #3

No. Been there, done that leftstreet Nov 6 #5

It's the same hook Trump rode to victory a year ago. WarGamer Nov 6 #6

But he didn't deliver. cachukis Nov 6 #12

sure hasn't... thus the price to pay. WarGamer Nov 6 #13

My contention is good ideas don't amount to a hill cachukis Nov 6 #14

Even if the issue has been discussed, even if trump's cachukis Nov 6 #7

Trump jumped on "affordability" quickly enough Ritabert Nov 6 #8

He is an opportunist. We must not squander our advantage cachukis Nov 6 #9

Yes. Ritabert Nov 6 #11

this is going back to new deal roots southmost Nov 6 #10

MaddowBlog-Trump makes an overdue discovery: 'They have this new word called affordability' LetMyPeopleVote Friday #15