It’s not that they have affordability wrong, it’s they dont care.

Democrats haven’t given a shit about cost-of-living since… LBJ?

Like, Carter practically campaigned on not giving a shit in 1980 and that was a big part of what sank him. Clinton ran on immigrant bashing. Obama ran as an antiwar candidate who promised to give people coupons for private insurance. Biden was the closest president we’ve had who ran on populist cost-of-living pressure (cribbing generously from Bernie Sanders), then immediately shat the bed once in office.

When the economy is growing, you can get away with not caring. When you’re staring into the recessionary abyss, it’s not something you can talk your way past.