What liberals mean by “affordable”

I get the feeling that what liberals really mean by “affordable” is “price-controlled.”  That is, it is a code word for saying that the market does not properly determine pricing and that intervention in the market is desirable.

To not be very original, while the free market may be a terrible way to allocate resources, all the others ways are much worse. This has been proven over and over in every command economies that has ever been tried. An even Socialist Europe is backing away from ways that it is finding do not work.

The liberal-progressive religion would have us take on faith that this time it is different, and that the stewards of the nanny state would this time get it right. I call it a religion because it takes on faith beliefs that have not and cannot be proven.

Any time I hear the word “affordable” my BS detector sounds the alarm. I mentally substitute “price-controlled”. Some examples:

  • “We need affordable housing” – really means “we need government price-controlled housing.”
  • “We need affordable health care” – really means “we need government price-controlled heath care.”
  • “We need affordable higher education” – really means “we need government price-controlled higher education.”
You can make your own list.
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