Justin Ho

From the lens of Hollywood media, right?

Through my parents' story, from their trauma.

And I've never gotten to see it through my own eyes.

The Vietnam that is right now.

I think that's the big struggle about our perceptions of Vietnam, is that for the past 50 years, it's been characterized by larger forces instead of seeing the country for what it is.

Yes.

Absolutely.

I mean, Vietnam and the Vietnamese community is so intertwined in many ways, sometimes complicated.

But in reality, it's a place of collaboration because it is a drive for us to come back to Vietnam, especially the younger generation.

But the new tax law is on track to boost refunds this year by roughly $60 billion compared to last year, says Michael Pierce, chief U.S.

economist at Oxford Economics.

Problem is, those tax benefits start to look a little slimmer when you factor in rising gas prices.

Pierce says those benefits will be completely offset if gas prices average around $3.60 a gallon over the course of this year.

Right now, gas prices are around $4 nationally.

That said, another way of looking at this is that the bigger refunds are helping people afford to spend more on gas.

Kathy Busjancic is chief economist at Nationwide.

She says the problem with that argument is that people basically have to spend more money on gas right now.

Not every consumer is going to cut back.

Jeff Korzenik is chief economist at Fifth Third Commercial Bank.

He says that's because consumer debt levels, on average, are historically low right now.