Why do small businesses need to learn how to lobby? Amy Handlin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why small business owners must learn how to lobby politicians at all levels about what public issues are important to them.

Will the budget changes happen on our terms or on our creditors’ terms? Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the hard budget-cut decisions U.S. leaders need to make, and the temporary sacrifices citizens need to accept to invest in our future.

In business, you cannot get a bank loan if debt obligations are more than revenue. Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current U.S. debt to revenue ratio and why we have to make drastic changes in federal spending before we reach the point of no return.

According to the CBO, next year’s deficit alone will cost $30,000 per second. Historian Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the historic causes of national debt, including war, and the real cost of America’s outrageous amount of debt.

How should the U.S. resolve deficit spending? Jim Blasingame talks about deficit spending and paying for 20th century commitments in the 21st century and why the United States needs to make the decision to stop borrowing.

Can Americans make budget decisions before foreign creditors make it for us? Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the U.S.'s indebtedness to foreign creditors, and the many levels of jeopardy that puts America in.

What's the political and economic future of the Middle East? Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss theological, political, and economic issues that are at the heart of the conflicts in the Middle East, and how it will impact the West.

Unions are demanding 20th century benefits in a 21st century world. Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the protests by government employee unions to requests for compensation and benefits adjustments as states attempt to balance their budgets.

America's in a budget crisis because Congress didn't do its job in 2010. Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the events that led to our current budget crisis and a prediction for how Congress will avoid a government shut-down.

Will the U.S. Constitution be involved in state budget challenges? Seth Lipsky joins Jim Blasingame to report that the governors of individual states have the constitutional right to tell the president to stay out our their budget issues.