ConInc influencers telling Americans who are already living on a pretty frugal budget to stop whining and feed your kids the ramen, is how you get President Abdul El-Sayed. Sooner than you think.
Democrats tried the "lower your expectations" messaging from 2021-2024 and lost. Now they've pivoted to a more radical agenda that will only exacerbate our problems... but they're winning elections because they correctly diagnose affordability as a problem.
Republicans should not deny there is a problem; instead, acknowledge it and propose conservative solutions (the only real one is to cut FEDERAL spending and balance the budget).