NC report shows Trump policies causing affordability crisis

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:01]Welcome back to NC Voices. This is the third week of May in 2026.

[00:00:06]The Trump administration's actions from tariffs to the Iran war to cuts to Medicaid are obliterating the economic security of a huge swath of North Carolinians, according to a new report released this month from Defend America Action. The report titled the Tarhill Affordability Crisis finds the country's affordability crisis is accelerating. a simultaneous cuts to federal and state assistance threatened to rip away safety nets when they are needed the most. The report explains the cumulative impact of rising costs on working families and seniors. A point that US Representative Deborah Ross said is particularly important to understand. This isn't just a little thing that's happening, she said. And the Trump administration has been taking actions that make all these different sectors more expensive at the same time. That disconnect extends to the state legislature, too, where Republicans who control both chambers of the general assembly are more than 300 days late in passing a budget that would begin to address some of these issues.

[00:01:01]Ultimately, it doesn't take a report to understand that food, gas, rent, utilities, clothing, medicine, furniture, cars, and toys have all gotten more expensive under this Trump administration. And the best way to change that is to change the people making the rules. No one has the power except for the people, and they have a choice. this November. They need to elect people to represent them and to fight for their families that are serious about the issues that matter to them and make a difference at their kitchen table, said North Carolina Senator Michael Garrett.

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