S8 Ep1131: Liz Peek discusses the strong American economy, noting that small businesses feel relief as tariff threats abate and inflation falls. Lower energy and gasoline prices have cheered investors. Anecdotal evidence from local bookstores and ice cream parlors r
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🗓️ 15 July 2026
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| 0:48.3 | Liz Peake reports for her column on the Hill, reports for her column on Fox News, much on Fox Business. |
| 0:55.6 | We're here to celebrate Paris and France, taking the day off for Bastille Day. |
| 1:00.6 | At the same time, we're here to celebrate the American economy because here in midsummer, it looks |
| 1:07.0 | positive, very positive. I hold back from a stronger word because I'm superstitious. |
| 1:13.5 | Liz, a very good evening to you. Yes, they're not working in Paris. They have their Bastille Day, |
| 1:19.0 | but we're working here in America, especially small businesses, which I've been trained to believe |
| 1:24.0 | is the future of America. All the hiring happens in small businesses. All the future |
| 1:28.2 | magnates start with small businesses. And the anecdotes and the statistics show that small business |
| 1:34.7 | is doing very well. Is that reflected in your measure of what is reported to the American people, |
| 1:41.7 | that the economy is strong? Good evening to you. Good evening, |
| 1:45.6 | John. I think that small business owners are relieved that the tariff threat that was such a |
| 1:52.2 | prominent issue a year ago has abated. There's certainly got to be cheered by the fact that |
| 1:57.9 | prices overall, as measured by the CPI, are coming down. And of course, |
| 2:04.5 | energy is key among those. And some companies, you know, any company that has to do with logistics |
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