Has Obama contributed positively to the economy? Donald Hunter and Clara Villarosa join Jim Blasingame to celebrate Black History Month and report on economic conditions, including whether President Obama has made them better or worse.

Will your small business be hurt by the sequester? Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report that, unless you have customers that are government contractors, you will hardly notice any negatives due to the impending sequester.

Are we headed for dangerous inflation? Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the world is awash in money, but that this doesn't have to mean that we're heading into inflationary times.

Manufacturing jobs are being repatriated back to the U.S. Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the onshoring of manufacturing jobs is a real and increasing trend due to global economic and political reasons, on The Small Business Advocate Show.

Washington dysfunction is impacting another sector negatively. Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the recent manufacturing survey that shows this sector is pulling back largely due to political dysfunction in Washington.

America needs economic growth to solve our fiscal problems. Chuck Kadlec joins Jim Blasingame in support of Senator Rubio's rebuttal of Obama's State of the Union address, which focused on free market growth practices.

Will 2013 economy be any better than 2012? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with his NFIB Optimism Index and his prediction that the 2013 economy will continue the moribund 2% growth of the past four years..

Small businesses are still in a maintenance growth mode. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with his NFIB Optimism Index that shows small businesses are still not hiring, investing, or able to raise prices.

Small business optimism is still languishing in a deficit. Dr. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with his NFIB Index that indicates small business owners are only slightly more optimistic than last month, but still below expansion levels.

Small business owners don't agree with what the president is focusing on. Jim Blasingame reports on recent survey results that indicate the president is focusing on climate change when small business owners think he should focus on economic issues.