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Richard Stern, vice president of the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise, spoke to Fox News Digital about a new report from Advancing American Freedom focused on improving affordability for Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
As Americans continue to feel the squeeze from high housing, food and energy costs, affordability has emerged as a defining issue ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections, with both parties under pressure to show voters they can bring down the cost of living.<\/p>\n
Now, a new report from the conservative group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence<\/u> is offering its own prescription, laying out 10 proposals aimed at lowering costs by cutting red tape and boosting production across the economy.<\/p>\n
“Yes, there’s an unaffordability crisis, and it’s the government’s fault,” Richard Stern, vice president of the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise at Advancing American Freedom (AAF), told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n
That argument is at the heart of the report, “10 Ways to Improve Affordability Now Across 10 Levels of the Economy,” which calls affordability the “No. 1 issue facing the American people” and targets costs associated with housing, energy and business, among others.<\/p>\n
The report’s proposals range from easing zoning restrictions and expanding oil and gas access to overhauling Social Security and SNAP eligibility, echoing parts of President Donald Trump\u2019s second-term agenda.<\/p>\n
But the conservative blueprint breaks with Trump on two key pocketbook issues: tariffs and credit card interest rates.<\/p>\n
THINK YOUR STATE IS EXPENSIVE? NEW DATA REVEALS WHERE AMERICANS FACE THE HIGHEST COST OF LIVING<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n
President Donald Trump has defended tariffs as a tool to protect American industries and boost domestic production.<\/span> (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
On trade, the report argues Trump\u2019s sweeping tariffs have come at a cost to American consumers and the broader economy, raising prices, straining U.S. alliances and resulting in nearly 900,000 fewer jobs than expected<\/u>.<\/p>\n
The authors at AAF call for shifting more tariff authority back to Congress.<\/p>\n
But while the report paints a bleak picture of the tariffs\u2019 broader economic impact, they have generated a windfall for Washington. In January alone, duties totaled $30.4 billion, up about 242% from $8.9 billion a year earlier, according to Treasury data.<\/p>\n
On housing, the report blamed zoning restrictions for pushing families farther from jobs and making homeownership harder for younger Americans.<\/p>\n
Those costs can be substantial. The National Association of Home Builders estimates government regulations account for about 26% of the price<\/u> of a new single-family home.<\/p>\n
THE SURPRISING HIDDEN COST QUIETLY ADDING NEARLY $132K TO NEW HOME PRICES REVEALED<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n
Housing industry leaders say states that have prioritized homebuilding have been better positioned to accommodate population growth and economic expansion.<\/span> (Joshua Lott\/Bloomberg\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The report recommends limiting local zoning restrictions, streamlining approval for projects that meet existing rules and tying roughly $50 billion in annual federal housing aid to zoning reform.<\/p>\n
On energy, the proposal calls for more oil and gas leasing and rejecting state fracking bans. Stern argued greater domestic production could lower costs throughout the economy because energy touches “every good we move, every service provided.”<\/p>\n
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The cost of living remains a major concern for Americans as households face high prices for everyday necessities.<\/span> (Li Rui\/Xinhua via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Stern warned that economic frustration can turn Americans against one another, toward “viewing each other as the enemy, and that\u2019s what socialism is.”<\/p>\n
“I hope that people can take away from this, that it’s not businesses that are the problem,” he said. “It’s not entrepreneurs. It’s not other Americans. It’s government.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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