We’ve watched wildfires explode across the west and darken the skies above Utah.  But when the choking smoke drifts away and the ash settles to the ground… the bare earth will be waiting for spring and the new chutes that will one day become mighty trees.  

The destruction will never be forgotten.  But better days are coming... exactly as we see in the business world.  After the lockdown.  Thousands of businesses have shut their doors for good.  Restaurants and hotels and gyms.. have boarded up… employees cut loose.  Plans for the future turned into scary question marks.

But amid the carnage… we’re now seeing the first green shoots of renewal.  

The Census Bureau is reporting a staggering number of people have applied for employer identification numbers.  It’s the first step one would take toward starting… a new business.

So far this year… entrepeneuers have applied for 3-point-2 million Employer ID’s.  3-point-2 million shoots about to break thru the dirt.   The fastest rise  in 13 years.  If you only look at businesses that would employ people…. more than a million are getting ready to build doors… and open them.

This is not because of Presidents or Governors or debates…. or whatever that was on TV .     This … is the indefatigueable American Spirit at work.  Born of necessity.  Born of  a desire to rise-up from the economic ashes…  entrepeneurs are will to take the risk  fight the long odds.  and some of them… just some… will break through the dirt.

If last night was America at its worst.  These entrepeneurs hoping their crazy ideas will take root in the ashes of our economy… are America at its very best.   To each of the 3-point-2 million who’ve applied for ID numbers.  

Work hard.  Work smart.  And thank you… in a chaotic moment of this country’s history.for reminding us there’s an American spirit…. it’s strong.  And it’s good.

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