Reporting on several current events issues, Kiplinger's Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current state of health care reform legislation, plus a push by product producers to sell their goods directly to customers via e-commerce from their website.

Kiplinger reports on recent economy-focused legislation. Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the various proposals that are working their way through Congress to improve jobs growth, adjust employment benefits, tax estates, provide more capital for small businesses.

Economist, Ray Keating, joins Jim Blasingame to discuss lagging consumer confidence, stubbornly slow jobs growth and how some public policy issues are holding back economic recovery.

Kiplinger reports on the jobs growth picture. Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to report on what is being called the "mother of all jobless recoveries," including some of the key elements that are holding back business hiring.

Carbon restriction is building: How should small businesses prepare? Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to identify the forces behind this movement, what carbon restrictions will look like, what are the implications for small businesses and what we should do to prepare our businesses.

What do recent Fed adjustments in interest rates mean for small business? Richard DeKaser joins Jim Blasingame to report on why small businesses should care when the Fed increases the interest rate at the "discount window."

Reporting on a number of business issues, Kiplinger's Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to discuss trade improvements with Canada, new union expectations, new COBRA changes, tax law proposals and new pension regulations.

Can our health care system actually be fixed? Richard Rawson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways the marketplace could fix health care if the politicians would allow it to happen.

What are the unintended consequences of the new Credit Card Act? Pamela Villarreal joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the new Credit Card Act is not as "consumer friendly" as claimed and how it could actually hurt small businesses.

Americans are demanding leadership, not partisanship, according to Jim Blasingame, who uses the words of George Washington to promote the idea that our pursuit of liberty must come with elected leaders who know they work for the people, not special interests.