New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday swept all three of his endorsed congressional primaries, ousting two sitting members of Congress. The socialist movement now controls more of New York’s congressional delegation than it did two days ago.Mamdani’s platform of city-owned grocery stores, a rent freeze on 1 million apartments, and a $30 minimum wage has a word for what it is. Price controls. Tuesday’s sweep signals the socialist movement is growing. The New Democrat Coalition is already pushing the same agenda in Congress.The New Democrat Coalition released its “Affordability Agenda” in February. Among their initiatives: prescription price caps, directing the DOJ to target grocery store “bad actors,” and a bill banning electronic shelf labels in large grocery stores. They aren’t the first to promise lower costs through government intervention. Obamacare made the same promise in 2010. Reorganizing the individual insurance market increased costs, reduced access, and reduced competition. Obamacare premiums rose 129% from 2013 to 2019. In 2026, they rose another 26%. Enhanced subsidies cost taxpayers $14 billion per year. Nowhere is the socialist agenda more dangerous than in healthcare.
New York just elected price controls. History knows how this ends
The socialist movement now controls more of New York’s congressional delegation than it did two days ago.
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