Funny how every policy pitch still starts from "what does this do for consumers" like that's the whole story. I'm a person before I'm a customer. A tenant before a shopper. A worker before a subscriber. Half the stuff making life worse right now isn't about bad products, it's about power. Landlords hiking rent because they can. Grocers and delivery apps squeezing every side of the transaction. Utilities getting privatized, then acting shocked when bills jump and service gets worse. And politicians keep talking like if they can shave 20 cents off some monthly fee we've all been saved. I'd rather hear who's getting control back, who's getting protected, who's allowed to say no. Consumer language flattens everything into a purchase. A lot of us are getting crushed in places money alone doesn't fix.