Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to review some of the reasons why the pandemic relief legislation, the CARES Act, has been stuck in Congress and where it’s stuck because of unrelated amendments being added.

Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why we should all be noticing evidence of character – leadership, courage, selflessness – as we observe so-called leaders doing their jobs on our behalf.

Nick Mathews joins Jim Blasingame to explain why federal bank regulators need to abate their oversight of loan quality as they review bank records so their standards reflect the current financial challenges for small business borrowers.

Nick Mathews joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the best methods and practices of helping small businesses during the pandemic, including helping employees by giving the financial resources to their employers.

Anne Zimmerman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how small businesses have been treated badly following the 2008 financial crisis, and why this approach must be different in the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Anne Zimmerman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why giving more money for SBA loans for small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic will be too late because the SBA isn’t a direct-funding entity.

Anne Zimmerman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the partisanship that’s holding up the government from helping the American people during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jim Blasingame discusses the pandemic challenge we face and why how we deal with it must not create more problems than the disease.

Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how some politicians are responding to the coronavirus pandemic with methods that impinge on our Constitutional rights, even if they’re doing it for the right reasons.

Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that we have to cut leaders some slack for the tough decisions they have to make on our behalf during unprecedented times, plus the kind of help small businesses really need.