America’s economy is booming, so why are Americans still broke?
AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK
AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Hidden Lightness on America Out Loud Talk Radio. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm your host, Jimmy Hinton. |
| 0:14.6 | Well, there's more good news when it comes to the economy, and top economists are saying |
| 0:20.0 | that the economy is actually booming and it is set for a |
| 0:25.2 | really big boom. It's going to continue to grow and this of course is good news. Kevin Hassett |
| 0:32.9 | forecast of 4% growth in our economy in the short term. He's also talking about data that reflects |
| 0:43.9 | long-term investment in manufacturing equipment, and there is not a weaker demand. This is actually |
| 0:51.6 | driving it up. So he's forecasting a 4% growth and says that the |
| 0:57.8 | artificial intelligence boom and the tax incentives are driving U.S. investment surges. This is really, |
| 1:06.7 | really good news, especially given the fact that we have a lot of debt. And I talk about |
| 1:14.8 | this often because it's so important. I cannot stress how important this is. There's an |
| 1:21.6 | article that's a couple years old now, but it's still really relevant. The article is from the American Psychological |
| 1:31.5 | Association. And the article is, are your kids stressed about family finances? Psychologists |
| 1:39.8 | offer answers for addressing anxiety over tight budgets. |
| 1:49.4 | And this was in 2003, actually three years ago now. |
| 1:54.6 | And I think things have gotten a lot harder for a lot of people. |
| 1:56.5 | That's because of inflation. |
| 2:01.2 | We know that inflation has kept creeping up higher and higher. |
| 2:03.3 | Wages haven't kept up. |
| 2:07.9 | And people are spending money like they've never spent it before. |
| 2:11.9 | It's really, really out of control. |
| 2:14.9 | And people have got to get a grip on this. |
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