At President Trump’s State of the Union, a Pennsylvania mom stood up and told the country that her family is saving $5,000 a year — real money, kitchen-table money — because of no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and an expanded child tax credit. It wasn’t a talking point. It was a receipt. One side is governing. The other is still working on the talking points.

Democrats have discovered affordability. They’re talking about it in town halls and building entire legislative agendas around it. Don’t be fooled, though. For the American left, affordability isn’t a mission; it’s a marketing strategy. A ploy. Another label pasted over the same Big Government programs they’ve always championed. The prices may be dressed up in new language, but working families are still the ones paying them.

Exclusive polling conducted for the Coalition for Affordability and Prosperity makes the stakes plain. Affordability and cost of living rank as the number one concern for Americans, cited by 25 percent of respondents. About 78 percent of Americans say prices are still rising – 35 percent rapidly, 43 percent more slowly. Only 13 percent believe they’ve stabilized. Democrats built that economy. They should own it.

The record is not debatable. Four years of Democrat economic management produced the highest........

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