Unless President Trump reverses course, the “Lower Prices Bigger
Paychecks” banner that hung behind him at his “affordability” speech
this month will be remembered as being to economic policy what
President George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” banner was to
foreign policy.

According to a Politico poll, many Americans are having difficulty
paying for food, housing, transportation, and health care.
Thirty-seven percent of Americans cannot afford to take their family
to a professional sports event while 46 percent of Americans cannot
afford airfare for a vacation.