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.

Are we headed for a double dip recession? Jim Blasingame reports on the results of a recent poll of small business owners that shows 94% fear a likelihood of another recession, while Obama proposes things that will make that fear a reality.

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.

Will Obamacare allow you to keep your current health insurance? Paul Howard joins Jim Blasingame to report on the roll-out of Obamacare, and to say that small business owners should be able to keep their current insurance, but it will cost more.

Will small business owners send their employees to Obamacare state exchanges? Paul Howard joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new Obamacare realities, including how small businesses will use state exchanges to augment employee heath care coverage.

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.

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.

2013 is the 100th anniversary of the 16th amendment. The Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to mark the 100th anniversary of the 16th amendment, which gave rise to the current income tax regime in the U.S.