When should the government interfere in cyber-security? Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on current political debate about how the government's interest in cyber-security could impinge upon how you use the Internet.
Regulations harm small business economic recovery, according to Wayne Crews, as he talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the various reform proposals being considered by the government, including health care, cap-and-trade, anti-trust, etc.
What if the government conducted regulatory stimulus by reducing or eliminating regulations on small businesses? Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how reducing regulations, instead of increasing them, would encourage the economic recovery.
Why isn't more of the stimulus activity focused on small business? Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the failure of the government to recognize the stimulus opportunities in supporting the efforts of America's small business sector.
How much does regulatory compliance cost small businesses? Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the sad news that regulatory compliance is continuing its steady increase, including what it is costing small businesses per employee per year.
What is more than all the corporate taxes paid, or all of the personal income taxes paid? Wayne joins Jim to explain the answer, which is the cost of regulations, and they're going up every year. They also talk about what we have to do to reverse this expensive trend.
Should XM and Sirius be allowed to merge? Wayne and Jim talk about the market and anti-trust issues around this proposed merger.
Since he's having a tough time distinguishing between the Democrats and Republicans these days, Jim has a new term he used to address all of them, the 110th Congress, and he and Wayne talk about some of the things small businesses -- and our free market economy -- have in store for them with this group of politicians.
Wayne and Jim talk about the challenges of securing your on-line activity from hackers and other cyber-criminals. They also discuss the importance of letting the marketplace develop remedies to cyber-attacks, instead of by regulations.
Wayne joins Jim to talk about the current state of regulations and the negative impact they can have on small business. They also talk about some of the ideas on how to reduce the number of regulations.