We got to get going because we've all got hard stops.

And plus we know Catherine's going to talk a lot about Social Security.

I don't really like the implication that just because it's the Social Security episode,

I won't be able to keep it tight.

Hello and welcome to Optimist Economy.

I'm Catherine and Edwards Economist.

And I'm Robin Rousey, editor.

On this show, we believe the U.S. economy can be better, and we talk about how to get there

when problem and solution at a time.

Today on Optimist Economy, I get to talk about Social Security.

What a day.

Okay, so other stuff first, quickly.

Announcements.

I received via text a gif of a large mascot, I think, from Japan with a money cannon shooting money out into the air. And she said, heard my first

ad on Optimist. We are running cross promos with PRX, the new distributor that we are working with.

And part of the PRX family is that we trade cross promos with each other. So it's not,

it's not ads, ads when we tell you that we're funded by

sponsorships. These are kind of part of our new distribution family, to which my friend promptly

replied, so in-kind ads, not even the good kind. Exactly. She's an economist. She got it. Robin, any

announcements from you? I did want to say that we got some of our first donations through the Optimist Economy website,

including a spiritual sponsor-level donation from Gina from Hudson, New York.

Thanks, Gina.

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