The Socialism Sales Pitch
Rent, groceries, health care, college: costs keep outrunning paychecks. That’s real, and it’s why some people buy the pitch: hand it to the government and call it fixed, without stopping to ask what that fix actually costs.
We have to continue to elect more socialists, and we have to ensure that we are unapologetic about our socialism.
The Real Cost of Socialism
San Francisco's rent control cut rentals 15% and pushed citywide rents up 5.1%.
NBER / American Economic ReviewThe Problem
Rent keeps climbing and paychecks don’t — because we don’t build enough homes.
Their Plan
Rent control everywhere, with government-built housing replacing the private market.
What It Really Means
The government sets your rent, and decides when builder is allowed to fix your leaky roof.
What Actually Works
Cut the permitting delays and zoning rules that block new building. More homes is the only thing that’s ever made housing cheaper.
Grocery prices have jumped more than 25% in four years.
Bureau of Labor StatisticsThe Problem
Grocery prices are way up. Wages didn’t keep up. People are right to be angry.
Their Plan
Government-run grocery stores with lower prices for everyone.
What It Really Means
A store paid for by taxpayers. It pays no rent and no property taxes. It goes up against small businesses that pay both.
What Actually Works
Lower the real costs of stocking a shelf. Shipping. Energy. Labor rules. Then prices drop at every store, not just the one taxpayers keep alive.
Canada's typical wait from referral to treatment hit 28.6 weeks in 2025 — triple what it was in 1993.
Fraser InstituteThe Problem
Health care costs keep climbing and coverage keeps getting harder to figure out.
Their Plan
Guarantee universal health care at no cost to individuals… make all medical education and training public and free.
What It Really Means
One single payer, the government decides what treatment you get, which doctors you can see, and how long you wait to see them.
What Actually Works
More personal control, more competition, clearer prices, and more choices. Fund the patient, not a government monopoly.
France ran a wealth tax for 35 years. It's estimated to have chased out roughly €200 billion — far more than it ever raised.
EuronewsThe Problem
Building something of your own can feel more out of reach every year.
Their Plan
Government ownership of the biggest industries, plus heavy new taxes on wealth and business.
What It Really Means
The government owns the company, and it decides how big anyone’s success is allowed to get.
What Actually Works
The next great American company hasn’t been built yet, and the way to get more of that is to protect the freedom to start, build, compete, and win. Not tax success into the ground before it happens.
Total student loan debt held by American households rose from $1.19 trillion in 2015 to $1.65 trillion in 2026 — a 39% increase in just over a decade.
Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkThe Problem
Tuition has climbed for decades and student debt is weighing down a generation.
Their Plan
Free public education from pre-K to college, and cancel all student debt.
What It Really Means
Somebody else picks up the loan you signed for — including people who never took one out.
What Actually Works
Work fewer hours because you earn more per hour. That comes from a growing economy, not from a law. And go after the reason tuition tripled instead of mailing the bill to a stranger.
San Francisco's rent control cut rentals 15% and pushed citywide rents up 5.1%.
NBER / American Economic Review Grocery prices have jumped more than 25% in four years.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Canada's typical wait from referral to treatment hit 28.6 weeks in 2025 — triple what it was in 1993.
Fraser Institute France ran a wealth tax for 35 years. It's estimated to have chased out roughly €200 billion — far more than it ever raised.
Euronews Total student loan debt held by American households rose from $1.19 trillion in 2015 to $1.65 trillion in 2026 — a 39% increase in just over a decade.
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Socialists "freezing" the rent isn`t the end of the story. Ilana explains what happens to families and workers when the government steps into the housing market.
Spoiler: nothing good.
The DSA housing platform asks for publicly owned social housing, strict regulation of investment properties, and universal rent control. But we already know what this will look like.
Vienna is the example everyone points to. Renters there pay utilities, maintenance, repairs, and taxes on top of rent, and many units charge entrance fees in the tens of thousands of euros up front. A higher share of low-income Viennese rent from private landlords than wealthy Viennese do.
On investment properties: investors own 14% of American single-family homes, and among those, landlords with fewer than ten properties hold over 80%. A crackdown lands on your neighbor with a rental duplex.
On rent control, more than 93% of economists agree it does more harm than good.
The thing actually keeping homes from being built is zoning, lot sizes, parking rules, and permitting. Ilana Blumsack has the full breakdown.
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YOU should be in the driver’s seat for your health care. Medicare for All just means government rationing of health care.
Here’s what in store if the DSA get’s their way.
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