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The National Infrastructure Bank Can Make America Affordable Again- February 11, 2026

The February 11 National Zoom Town Hall included Omaha, Mayor John Ewing, Vermont Representative Esme Cole, North Carolina Representative Phil Rubin, and other elected officials, entitled “The National Infrastructure Bank Can ‘Make America Affordable Again.’” With the K-shaped economy in place, the debate around “affordability” is escalating. Despite President Trump’s ludicrous claim that “growth is exploding and incomes are rising,” the American people know better. New job growth is at a standstill. Home sales have flat-lined. Inflation is expanding, and wages can’t keep pace. People are hurting, and the President is in La-La Land! Americans are demanding affordable living conditions. Proposed solutions are weak or non-existent. Only a return to the growth policies in infrastructure and production, last seen fifty years ago, can “make America affordable again.” Band-Aids won’t staunch the bleeding. The $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank (NIB), embodied in H.R.5356 in Congress, is big enough to “reboot” the U.S. economy. It will create 20 million new Davis-Bacon wage jobs, finance construction of 5 million truly affordable housing units, and increase real GDP by 5% or more per year. It will raise wages, reduce the cost of housing, and modernise infrastructure, making everything “affordable.” AI cannot do this! It may help, but construction requires workers, not chatbots! We have done this before! Previous institutions built America into the envy of the world. Support for the NIB is growing. There are now 55 cosponsors on H.R.5356. Many state legislatures have introduced support resolutions in the new year. City councils are introducing or passing similar resolutions. Please watch this timely discussion to make America affordable again. Speakers: Mayor John Ewing, Omaha, NE Anthony Flaccavento, Executive Director, Rural Urban Bridge, Abingdon, VA Senator Louis Blessing, Ohio State Senate, Cincinnati Representative Esme Cole, Vermont State House, Montpelier Representative Susan Johnson, Connecticut State House, Willimantic Representative Phil Rubin, North Carolina State House, Raleigh Gini Ballou, Western States Director, National Federation of Democratic Women, Boise, ID Representative John Huot, Minnesota State House, Cottage Grove Moderator: Randy Voller, former Mayor of Pittsboro; Founder, Voller Realty & Construction, Pittsboro, NC