Tell me about it! As a long-time renter, I am looking around to buy a home. The prices are staggering! I wonder if we haven't returned to the bubble! I have excellent health insurance, but the cost has risen 50% over the last five years. And that's Medicare plus supplemental plus part D. The inflation in education costs worries me more than anything, because the new generations are being restricted in opportunities, when we need a more educated citizenry.

My take on direct stimulus for infrastructure jobs is twofold: it would fix a lot of neglected infrastructure that needs to be fixed as well as upgraded, and it would create a lot of permanent employment that would stimulate consumer spending and boost federal and state and local revenues. Those are ideas that Republicans loathe. Trump has said he will pursue infrastructure improvements with tax subsidies and with transfer of infrastructure to private entities. I think that is a frightening threat.