12/19/2025
Stop falling for the synchronized dance routine from the left!
Almost overnight, every liberal politician and media outlet started using the exact same phrase, like a rapacious, ruptured duck:
**“America has an affordability crisis.”** Right.
They say it with a straight face, as if Joe Biden didn’t just hand Donald Trump one of the biggest economic messes in modern history. They want you to forget how we got here and blame the guy who’s been in office for ten months.
The Big Lie: “This Is Trump’s Fault”
Anyone who has ever run a business—or just balanced a household budget—knows one simple truth:
Economies don’t turn on a dime.
You can’t spend, regulate, and print money for four years, watch inflation explode, energy costs soar, savings evaporate… and then, the moment the White House changes hands, say, “Oh, look, everything bad is Trump’s fault.”
That’s not economics. That’s propaganda. (In Texas, we call that pure unadulterated BULL S**T!)
The same people (MSM outlets...You know, the Usual Suspects: ABC, CBS, ABC, NBC and no clown show would be complete with out CNN) who ignored or excused inflation under Biden now suddenly “discover” the cost of living the moment a Republican sits back in the Oval Office. They rename their own record “the affordability crisis,” then act like they’re the firefighters instead of the arsonists.
Follow the Fuel: Energy Prices
If you want to understand the cost of living, forget the spin and look at one thing:
**Energy.**
Oil and gas are the bloodstream of the economy.
- When oil is expensive, *everything* you touch costs more: shipping, groceries, airline tickets, plastic, fertilizer, you name it.
- When oil comes down and stays down, businesses breathe again, transportation gets cheaper, and those savings eventually show up on receipts.
Under Biden, Americans watched gas spike to the highest national average in history...about **$4.93 a gallon** in June 2022. Colorado wasn’t spared: Denver’s regular gas price hit roughly **$4.78 a gallon** that same month.
Fast‑forward to now, just days before Christmas 2025. The latest data show regular gas in Denver around **$2.58 a gallon in November**, more than **two dollars lower** than that 2022 peak.
That didn’t happen by magic.
It happened because policy and tone changed:
- A White House that isn’t at war with domestic production.
- A regulatory environment that doesn’t treat energy companies as public enemy number one.
- A clear signal to markets: **America is open for business again.**
Is everything fixed? Of course not. But pretending there’s no difference between Biden’s anti‑energy agenda and Trump’s pro‑production posture is ridiculous when you can literally see it on the pump in Denver.
The Affordability Shell Game
Listen carefully to how the “affordability crisis” chorus works:
1. They quietly retire the word “inflation.”
Inflation points back to bad policy. “Affordability” sounds like a natural disaster that just *happened* to us.
2. They outsource blame.
You’ll hear about “corporate greed,” “price gouging,” and “global shocks,” but you won’t hear much about trillions in spending, a regulatory choke-hold on U.S. energy, or lockdown‑era distortions they cheered on.
3. They try to memory‑hole 2021–2024.
As if the rent spikes, grocery bills, and utility costs that exploded under Biden all started on Inauguration Day 2025.
That’s the synchronized dance:
- Step 1: Create the mess.
- Step 2: Rename the mess.
- Step 3: Blame your opponent for the mess you created.
What’s Actually Changing Now
Ten months in, nobody serious expects Trump to flip the economy like a light switch. But there are real, measurable shifts:
- **Energy policy:**
A friendlier stance toward drilling, pipelines, and refining sends a message that supply will be there. Markets respond, and you see it in that Denver move from roughly $4.78 at the peak down toward the mid‑$2s today.
- **Taxes and take‑home pay:**
Tax relief is aimed at putting more cash back in workers’ pockets starting next year. That doesn’t erase the past four years, but it matters when you’re trying to keep the lights on and the fridge full.
- **No tax on tips:**
Trump wants tips untaxed—money that goes straight into the pockets of servers, bartenders, hotel workers, hairdressers. Many blue‑state Democrats are *fighting* that.
Think about that for a second: the same people chanting “affordability crisis” are fighting a policy that literally lets working‑class people keep more of the income they already earned.
If you really cared about affordability, you wouldn’t be trying to tax the waitress’s tip.
The Choice in Plain English -->>
So here’s the real question for voters:
Do you want four more years of the people who:
- Spent like drunken sailors,
- Declared war on the energy that powers your life through "climate change" farce,
- Watched prices and gas explode to record levels,
- And now blame the guy who’s been in office less than a year?
- Allowed millions of illegal aliens to invade our country jacking up the prices of everything from housing, to education, to health care, not to mention crime,
Or do you want an administration that:
- Understands you can’t fix affordability while strangling energy,
- Believes lower taxes and fewer burdens on work actually matter,
- And is already nudging gas prices down from Biden’s historic highs, as you can see every time you fill up in places like Denver?
- Sends border invader, back to their home?
If you enjoy the **“affordability crisis”** talking point, the media’s synchronized choreography, and the permanent clown show in blue‑state capitals, then sure, put Democrats back in power and get ready for part two of the national clown show.
But if you’re tired of being told the fire started when the new fire chief showed up, while the old arson squad is still standing there with gasoline on their hands, it’s time to tune out the script and look at the scoreboard:
- What you’re paying for gas now versus the Biden peak.
- What shows up on your pay stub when tax relief hits.
- Whether your state is trying to tax your tips or let you keep them.
That’s the real affordability story.
Not the one cooked up in a focus group, but the one you live every time you swipe your card at the pump, the grocery store, or the diner.
And you’re the one who decides which story continues.
VOTE SMART in 2026!