Provisions of Obama’s jobs plan will not significantly help small businesses. Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the weak, short-term measures of Obama’s jobs plan will not significantly help small businesses.

What will it take for the economic recovery to be over? Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the economy will not improve until bad consumer debts, like mortgages and credit cards, have been dealt with.

Will Obama’s jobs plan encourage small businesses to hire? Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether Obama’s jobs plan will create jobs, or just create more deficit spending.

Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to report on the way a portion of Liberty Bond funds meant for reconstruction of the World Trade Center site were used for other projects.

If you were one of Obama’s advisors, how would you advise him on his jobs plan? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what and how Obama should say in his jobs speech to inspire confidence in the economy.

Is the economy starting an upward trend? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report on increased sales growth, capital expenditures and availability and employment, which is great news for the economy.

Finally, some good news on business optimism. Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report on this month’s Tatum survey, which indicates business owners are slightly more optimistic about the future.

What does the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling mean for small businesses? Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the implications of the recent ruling that the individual mandate of ObamaCare is unconstitutional.

The government has become too much of the U.S. economy. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to explain why the economy will improve only when small businesses are more optimistic and government becomes smaller.

The housing market is still the biggest drag on the economy. NFIB’s Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report small business is still experiencing weak sales and negative hiring which will not improve significantly until housing recovers.