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There’s a particular type of lie that dominates American political discourse these days. It’s not a factual lie, but a conceptual mistruth: the promise that you can make life more affordable without actually making anything cheaper. Call it affordability theater.
It’s easy to propose ideas that make things feel more affordable without actually making them less expensive.
Jeremiah Johnson is a contributing writer at The Dispatch, the co-founder of the Center for New Liberalism, and writer of the Infinite Scroll newsletter.
