How underfunded are state and local government pension plans? Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on the problems of underfunded state and local pension plans and offer suggestions on how to resolve this huge problem.

Will the public pension plan deficits take us down? Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on the state of underfunded public pension plans and offer suggestions on how to fix them.

Passing an annual budget by the President and Congress is the law. Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether Obama and Congress will actually pass a budget after four years of violating the law that requires it.

The U.S. Chamber is watching public policies that impact small business. Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the things the U.S. Chamber is doing on behalf of small businesses, including their annual summit.

Will we every get a budget in Washington? Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the dysfunction among America's political class as it attempts to birth a budget, which is the primary thing they get paid to do.

The Dodd-Frank legislation is making community banks collateral damage. Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Dodd-Frank law is hurting community banks unnecessarily and by association, small businesses.

Increasing complexity of the tax code will cost small businesses many hours. Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on increasing complexity of the tax code that will require many more hours for small business compliance.

The U.S. tax system is getting more complex than ever before. Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame with the new annual report that reveals an abnormally high level of complexity, and requires more man-hours than the top four retailers employment combined.

Look forward to the day when your taxes are all paid. Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on April 18th as this year's Tax Freedom Day, which is when you can stop working for the government and start working for yourself.

Regulating community banks like big banks is a mistake. Jim Blasingame explains the problems created for small businesses and the economy when community banks are regulated by the government as if they were little big banks.