1) Kitchen Table Relief
Program 1: Kitchen Table Relief Package
ADDRESSES: COST OF LIVING
What the program does
1. Consumer tariff relief
Exempt or phase down tariffs on everyday goods such as food, household staples, children’s products and auto parts. Require a vote of Congress to extend emergency tariffs beyond a fixed period. This ties affordability to accountability (see Program 4).
2. Utility Bill Protection
Expand federal home energy assistance and weatherization funding. Direct federal regulators to scrutinize rate increases driven by grid expansion for large industrial users (see Program 6). The goal is a visible cut or freeze in residential bills in the highest-cost regions.
3. Grocery and gas competition enforcement
Fund antitrust enforcement in concentrated food processing, grocery and fuel distribution markets. Create a federal price-gouging standard for declared energy emergencies, such as the price spike that followed the Iran war.
4. State partner track
Encourage states to cut or suspend sales taxes on groceries, a proposal that featured in winning 2026 campaigns such as Georgia’s race for governor.
Design options
A market-oriented version emphasizes tariff rollback, competition and deregulation of energy supply. A more interventionist version adds direct rebates and price oversight. Both can share the tariff and competition pieces, which have the broadest bipartisan support.
How we will measure success
A measurable drop by fall 2028 in the share of voters reporting hardship from inflation, currently about 8 in 10.
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What Voters Want 2026. Working analysis, November 2026. Figures from election-day and pre-election surveys; projections may change as counting finishes.