Hot topic quiz · 10 statements · about 2 minutes
What should government do about the cost of living?
Rent, wages, child care and prices: should government step in, or step back?
You will see 10 statements. Agree or disagree with each one, or skip it. Half are written the way one side would put it and half the way the other side would, so there is no way to lean it by accident.
Why is this a hot topic? See both sides
The price of housing, food, gas, health care and child care is the worry voters name most often. Most people say life has become too expensive; the disagreement is over whether government should step in more or get out of the way.
Those who want government to step in say
Markets have failed on housing, medicine and wages. Limits on prices, higher pay floors and public investment are the only way to give working families room to breathe.
Those who want government to step back say
Prices rose because of government spending, taxes and red tape. Controls cause shortages. The lasting fix is more building, more competition, lower taxes and fewer rules.
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