Let’s talk about the current state of the American economy in simple terms.

Justin O. Smith | October 9, 2026

Well, now, let’s sit a spell and talk straight about this here American economy, the way a man might lean on a fence rail and tell it to his neighbor without any fancy talk or Washington double-speak.

Right now, in the fall of 2026, the numbers on the surface look pretty fair.  The country’s still growing — factories humming, shops taking orders, folks going to work.  About a hundred and sixty thousand new jobs showed up in August alone, and the unemployment line sits at a tolerable four percent and change.  Poverty’s down  to about one in ten people, the lowest we’ve seen in a long while, and the........

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