The Optimistic American

Why Life Is Becoming More Unaffordable in America


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America’s affordability crisis isn’t just a headline — it’s the defining political and economic battle of our time. In this episode of New Frontiers, Paul Johnson sits down with Henry Thompson and Bob Robb to uncover the real reasons why life is becoming harder to afford for working Americans. 

From tariffs that secretly raise food prices, to inflation outpacing wages, to broken fiscal and monetary policy, this conversation exposes how BOTH political parties created — and are now worsening — the affordability disaster.

Topics Discussed in Video: 

- The political fallout of the Epstein file fight and why MAGA voters rebelled

- Why Trump quietly reversed food tariffs — and what that means

- How Democrats won recent elections on affordability while offering no real solutions

- Why inflation feels worse than the numbers show

- The truth about productivity, regulation, and America’s economic stagnation

- Why independents may be the only path out of political and economic dysfunction

- Housing, energy, and water crises that are about to explode in states like Arizona

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