Had medical care, education, child care, and housing followed a cost curve similar to food over the last 40 years [1], no one would be complaining. A big reason why those things have become so expensive is because the country chose to make them expensive. Housing had to be a “good investment”. Elite schools were priced for the elite. Health care became a rent seeking operation in far too many ways to count.
It absolutely kills me that the Democrats haven’t brought up immigration as a way to tackle inflation. The left made immigration all about race, but there’s a huge supply side benefit to having more people who are able to produce more goods and services in the country. Immigrants are often the ones who build houses, and look after our sick, children, and elderly. The country would be a better, more affordable place with more people to help out.
It absolutely kills me that the Democrats haven’t brought up immigration as a way to tackle inflation. The left made immigration all about race, but there’s a huge supply side benefit to having more people who are able to produce more goods and services in the country. Immigrants are often the ones who build houses, and look after our sick, children, and elderly. The country would be a better, more affordable place with more people to help out.
[1] https://images.app.goo.gl/N7rBSDDseMyiBTQb8