the problem is the cost. neither political party addresses this because to point this out puts a spotlight on the real owners of this country. everything is getting more expensive because the purchasing power of your dollars is being diluted by the Federal Reserve. In an age of automation, cheap oil and massive increases in efficiency and innovation prices should be going DOWN! Yet, year after year our money supply is exponentially increased as the Fed chases a magical inflation number. Since salaries don't keep up at the same pace products and services get more expensive.