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Government cannot make anything more "affordable" by imposing more rules and restrictions and requirements on taxpayers or businesses.

For example, imposing rent control in NYC does not make housing "more affordable." It makes it less affordable (except for those like Mamdani himself who already live in rent-controlled housing) because it provides disincentives for investors to create more housing units.

Mamdani cannot make groceries "more affordable" by setting up a chain of "free grocery stores." He can create shortages of grocery stores and food by doing so. It's basic economics.

They don't understand basic economics. Never mind that 2,000 years of human history has sprung from it; the droogs really do believe that A Really Smart Expert is better able to pick winners and losers with high accuracy.

Thinking people know that's not the case. The ACA and the "affordability" nonsense that goes with it was always an Obamian lie to sell the program. All the ACA did was enrich insurance companies *And* make employer plans worse. That's it.

No lib wants to discuss actual lowering of health care pricing; they don't understand it so they put their fingers in their ears and pretend not to hear.

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