Minimum wage is another progressive nugget that will be bad for economic recovery. Chuck Kadlec joins Jim Blasingame to review the progressive proposals in Obama's State of the Union speech that will hurt the economy and the people they claim to help.

What? Obama is focusing on economic growth? Chuck Kadlec joins Jim Blasingame to congratulate President Obama on saying that he was ready to focus on economic growth as a way to solve our fiscal challenges.

What will a minimum wage increase do to black Americans? Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of Obama's State of the Union proposals, including the minimum wage increase, which will hurt black workers disproportionately.

Has the U.S. already crossed the point where we've become an enttitlement nation? Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to debate whether the current level of Americans taking from government has changed our society into an entitlement nation.

FDR's expansion of the income tax rates proved high taxes are unproductive. Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to show that FDR's increasing income tax rates made productive people stop producing.

Is hiring picking up by employers? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to with the Tatum Survey that shows a greater interest in increased hiring, but also with a concern about not finding qualified candidates.

Early reports of sales are up for 2013. Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to with the Tatum Survey that reveals sales projections are up, along with capital expenditures for early 2013.

How is the 2013 economy looking? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Tatum Survey, which shows managers are becoming more optimistic about 2013 economic prospects.

After a negative growth quarter, could there be good news in the economy? Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the hopeful, if not positive elements beginning to become evident in the U.S. economy.

Gen Y will be fully entrenched in the economy in 3 years. Ken Gronbach joins Jim Blasingame to predict the U.S. economy will boom in the next 3 years, when Gen Y takes their place in the economy as both producers and consumers.