COMMENTARY: Tax cuts working, but we’re evaluating it by the wrong standard

By Kent Strang InsideSources.com July 28, 2026 - 9:00 pm If you listen to the debate over affordability, you would think the Working Families Tax Cuts had failed. Critics point to today’s cost-of-living challenges as proof that they aren’t working. No one bill was ever going to solve every affordability challenge facing this country. If we’re going to judge this law, we ought to judge it by what it was actually designed to do. After knocking on more than 27 million doors nationwide, Americans for Prosperity volunteers have heard one concern more than any other: the cost of living. Families feel squeezed. In fact, our polling found cost of living is a top concern for four in 10 American voters. They’re not asking Washington to promise overnight transformation. They’re asking it to stop maki