Hey everybody it's Joe Trippy and welcome back to that Trippy show.

Happy New Year everyone I hope you had a great holiday break.

This week, lots to get into.

I don't think I'll ever get sick of saying this but more good economic news. Also it's been three

years now since the January 6th insurrection and I think the contrast between

what Joe Biden is doing and what MAGA did have never been clear.

With Iowa just days away, Alex already asked me to put my campaign manager hat back on.

Alex, where should we get started?

Hold off on the hat for a minute.

Let's start off with some good news.

Like I said, happy new year everyone at the risk of repeating ourselves

We keep getting more good economic news

Joe I don't want to spend too much time on this we've spent our last couple shows talking about it, but what's important is not just the numbers, but it seems like the news coverage of the economy is getting a little better.

Are you seeing the same thing and why is that so important?

Yeah I mean again it's the lag that I keep talking about but you're starting to see it

Axio's headline why 2024 could be the year of American optimism, another Axios headline.

Inflation might fall below 2% this year.

You know, the quote from Axios, the big picture, the US boasts the strongest economy of any rich nation.

The much predicted 2023 recession failed to appear.

Employment has remained robust, real wages have been rising and

the outlook for 2024 is similarly healthy. What were they all doing for all of last year? No one was saying this, except the one thing I kept saying, I keep saying is that there's a lag between consumer confidence and then you start seeing in these

kind of headlines and when you start seeing voters react to it with approval ratings

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