Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report that with $1 Trillion in unused appropriated pandemic funds, borrowing $1.9 Trillion more won’t help small businesses, and will likely hurt them.

Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the dangerous policies being proposed by the Biden administration, including a national $15 minimum wage, limiting independent contractors, the Biden climate change strategy, and reinstating Obamacare.

Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the testimony she’ll be delivering to the House committee on small business, on the state of Main Street businesses in 2021, which is not good.

Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to recommend looking at target date funds from past years to assume a defensive investment strategy with your retirement funds.

Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to caution against further investing in stocks, and to recommend other options as a defensive investing strategy.

Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the many benefits of owning real estate – especially housing – as a major part of your investment portfolio.

Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons for such record liquidity, including Fed policies and consumer savings, and whether the economy will continue to recover the rest of 2021.

Kara Hoogensen joins Jim Blasingame to report that the November responses indicate less optimism than earlier in the year, especially in comparing rural and urban respondents.

David Stebenne joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how disconnected and obtuse the Washington establishment is to the reality of Main Street businesses, and how their policies intended to help actually don’t.

David Stebenne joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the ironic employment challenge in the U.S. where millions of people are unemployed, while millions of job openings are unfilled because employers can’t find qualified candidates.