[guyfromjrz]

I understand the skepticism. Every agency, BLS, the Fed etc have provided editorialized reports and #’s. There is absolutely not one true fundamental metric that has not been affected with politics, more so over the past 4 years.

Despite the asshats in charge, I truly believe things are getting better. It will certainly help if we had pro American, free market, less regulated market, but I think this nonsense is now part of the calculus in business.

I look around my area, and there is “some work”.

I have hope that we all will do better in the upcoming year.

I pray and I think the needle is stingily moving north.

[tbpiper]

I want it to be better too, but there is little to nothing out there to support any growth. Don’t believe the stock market. It’s not even connected to the economy anymore. A lot of the stocks are being bought with money printed by the Fed. It’s a bubble that’s going to burst