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Kitchen Table Economics & Common-Sense Solutions: Joel Griffith Unpacks AAF’s “Affordability 101”
Kitchen Table Economics & Common-Sense Solutions: Joel Griffith Unpacks AAF’s “Affordability 101”

WFEA host Jeff Chidester welcomes financial analyst, Senior Fellow, and Domestic Policy Expert Joel Griffith to The Morning Brief. A frequent expert voice on CNBC, Fox Business, and in the pages of The Wall Street Journal, Joel joins the show to deliver and break down Advancing American Freedom’s latest policy playbook: Affordability 101.

With inflation, rising interest rates, and high energy costs taking a bite out of family budgets across the country, Joel cuts through the macroeconomic jargon to focus on everyday kitchen-table affordability.

He outlines how the 101 practical, free-market policy solutions inside Affordability 101 give local, state, and federal lawmakers a clear blueprint to lower costs, unleash supply, and roll back red tape.

Whether you’re a voter trying to stretch a dollar or an elected official looking for actionable solutions, tune in as Jeff and Joel discuss real-world fixes to bring cost-of-living relief back to American households.

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