Government, SBA and Politicians Archives

Annette Fulgenzi 09/23/2008 Project Manager, Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Is your small business in compliance with environmental regs and laws? Annette Fulgenzi talks with Jim Blasingame about the government program that is designed to help small businesses comply with EPA and state environmental laws and regulations.

June Reed 09/23/2008 Senior Consultant with the Iraq Reconstruction Agency in the U.S. Embassy How are things going in Iraq these days? June Reed joins Jim Blasingame once again with a report of significant progress in Iraq, militarily, economically and politically. Why aren't the mainstream media reporting this good news?

Grace-Marie Turner 09/02/2008 President & founder of the Galen Institute What health care system should the US be pursuing that is the best for small businesses? Grace-Marie Turner talks with Jim Blasingame about several 21st century solutions that would make health care insurance more affordable by small businesses, and therefore, insure more Americans.

Karen Kerrigan 08/27/2008 President and CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Is Congress going to get anything done for small business this year? Karen Kerrigan talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the key issues before Congress, including allowing the ban on offshore drilling to lapse and not passing the union-friendly Card Check bill, which would eliminate the private ballot voting for union organizing.

Bill Brandt 08/26/2008 President and Chief Executive Officer of Development Specialists Reporting from the Democrat National Convention, Bill Brandt talks with Jim Blasingame about the DNC spectacle, including the speeches by Senator Kennedy and Michelle Obama. They also talk about whether the Clintons can bring the party back together, plus Bill's thoughts on Joe Biden as the VP nominee and how much of a bounce the Obama/Biden ticket will receive after the convention.

Stephanie Vance 08/18/2008 Author of How to Communicate With Congress When is the best time to make contact with your members of Congress? Stephanie Vance talks with Jim Blasingame about when to communicate with your elected representatives, and how to get your message across.

Steve Chabot 07/30/2008 US Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee Congressman Steve Chabot talks with Jim Blasingame about several issues that are before Congress that impact small businesses, including the debate over lifting the ban on drilling for oil in the U.S.

Karen Kerrigan 06/24/2008 President and CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council What is our government up to these days regarding small business issues? Karen Kerrigan talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the issues being debated in Congress today, especially tax increases. They also talk about the upcoming presidential election.

Chad Moutray 06/19/2008 Chief Economist for the SBA's Office of Advocacy How are small businesses doing in the slower 2008 economy? Chad Moutray talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the research he has conducted on the attitude of small business owners this year.

Gov. Pete du Pont 06/17/2008 Former governor of Delaware and Policy Chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis What are the key public policy issues? Gov. Pete du Pont talks with Jim Blasingame about the current debate over drilling for energy in the U.S., whether the government should be imposing "cap and trade" policies regarding carbon emissions, free trade, tax policy, and where the two presumptive presidential nominees stand on these issues.

Giovanni Coratolo 06/04/2008 Director, Small Business Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce What is the most pressing small business public policy being debated in Congress? Giovanni Corotolo joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what is called the "Cap and Trade" bill, which if passed into law, will be come the largest tax increase in history, and the greatest government control of our lives since the creation of the income tax.

Scott Miller 05/02/2008 Author of Until Its Gone: Ending Poverty in Our Nation, in Our Lifetime Can we actually end poverty in our lifetime? Scott Miller thinks we can and he talks with Jim Blasingame about how he thinks it can be done. Of course, Jim has his own ideas about this and he discusses them with Scott, too.

Ken Yancey 04/22/2008 CEO of SCORE Do you know the "SCORE?" The SCORE organization, that is. Ken Yancy is the CEO of this outstanding supporter of America's small businesses and he joins Jim Blasingame during National Small Business Week to talk about what SCORE does and how small businesses can take advantage of their services, which are free.

Steve Chabot 04/22/2008 US Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee Want to hear what a true champion of small business sounds like? Ohio Congressman Steve Chabot (R) joins Jim Blasingame for another visit to talk about what he is doing to champion small business interests in Congress, plus what some are doing that could hurt us, and what we can do to stop them.

Karen Kerrigan 04/21/2008 President and CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Counci Do you know what laws your government is passing that impact your small business? Karen Kerrigan talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the issues her organization is following, such as a new law that would make using a Health Savings Account more difficult, plus other issues, such as free trade.

Steven Preston 04/15/2008 Administrator of the Small Business Administration Steven Preston, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, joins Jim Blasingame to talk about National Small Business Week and the associated events and how the SBA helps small business with loan guarantees and disaster assistance.

Jack Bienko 04/09/2008 Special Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer Small Business Administration National Small Business Week is coming and Jack Bienko, with the U.S. Small Business Administration, joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what's happening and how to participate. This will be Jim's 11th year to support the SBA during SBW.

Grace-Marie Turner 04/01/2008 President of the Galen Institute What does your presidential candidate propose for health care? Grace-Marie Turner talks with Jim Blasingame about how the Democrats' health care proposal differs from the Republican proposal.

Wilma Goldstein 03/21/2008 Senior Advisor for Women's Issues, SBA What's new at the U.S. Small Business Administration? Wilma Goldstein joins Jim to talk about how the SBA contributes to small businesses, including the Women's Business Centers.

June Reed 03/18/2008 Sr. Consultant with the Iraq Reconstruction Agency in the U.S. Embassy How are things going in Iraq these days? June Reed talks with Jim Blasingame about why you don't see much about Iraq in the mainstream media: It's because the news is mostly good, not bad, and June talks about some of the exciting economic and marketplace developments that she's working on.

Thomas Sullivan 03/04/2008 Chief Counsel for Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration Is anyone looking out for small businesses on the regulation front? Tom Sullivan is and he talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the regulations he's trying to get changed to help small businesses that have to comply with them.

Steve Chabot 02/06/2008 US Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee Is the government stimulus package going to be good for your small business? Congressman Chabot talks with Jim about the results of Super Tuesday's primaries, and then they discuss some of the details of the stimulus package, which Jim is opposed to.

Richard Galen 01/30/2008 Publisher, Mullings.com Now that the Florida primary is over, what's next? Rich talks with Jim about the presidential campaigns so far and where he thinks they're going.

Gov. Pete du Pont 01/14/2008 Former governor of Delaware and Policy Chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis Don't miss this interview with a great American, Governor Pete du Pont. Gov. du Pont talks with Jim about his thoughts on the economy, plus the current presidential campaigns.

Karen Kerrigan 12/18/2007 President and CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Can small business owners finally get national access to health insurance? Karen talks with Jim about a number of small business legislative issues, including the Health Care Choice Act that would allow individuals and business owners to save money by purchasing health insurance across state lines.

Leslie Sanchez 12/14/2007 Author of Los Republicanos What do Hispanics and Republicans have in common? Leslie talks with Jim about what she calls a natural connection between these two groups.

June Reed 12/10/2007 Senior Consultant with the Iraq Reconstruction Agency in the U.S. Embassy Here's an update on Iraq from a true American hero. As proof that you can't get your Iraq information from the major media outlets, June joins Jim with another honest report on what's really happening.

Hector Barreto 12/03/2007 Chairman of The Latino Coalition and author of The Engine of America How do you return to the private sector after you've been a high-profile government administrator? Hector joins Jim to talk about how he's doing all of this quite well, thank you very much.

Robert Walsh 12/03/2007 The New York City Department of Small Business Services What is New York City doing to help it's 200,000 small businesses? Quite a lot, actually, and Rob joins Jim to explain about the many successful relationships between main street and the municipal government.

Karen Kerrigan 11/13/2007 President and CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council What is the state of small business public policy? Karen talks with Jim about some of the key issues currently being debated by the federal government.

Steve Malanga 11/05/2007 Contributing Editor, City Journal, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute and co-author of The Immigration Solution What should we do about the immigration crisis? Steve talks with Jim about how we got into this mess and some of the steps that should be taken to get us out.

Chad Moutray 10/25/2007 Chief Economist for the SBA's Office of Advocacy How are America's small businesses doing? Chad talks with Jim about the research he conducts on the strength of small business, and the news is good.

Gov. Pete du Pont 10/22/2007 Former governor of Delaware and Policy Chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis Is global warming something that justifies all the hysteria? Governor du Pont talks with Jim about this issue and they both offer their ideas. Plus they discuss the progress of the presidential campaigns. By the way, the name neither one can come up with is, Richardson.

David Sandalow 10/16/2007 Author of Freedom from Oil How does the U.S. become less dependent upon petroleum? David talks with Jim about his ideas on how we can wean ourselves off of carbon-based fuels and what benefits will result from accomplishing that.

Steven Preston 10/02/2007 Administrator of the Small Business Administration Administrator Preston joins Jim to talk about two new business loan programs for military veterans, who qualifies and how to get more information.

June Reed 09/24/2007 Senior Consultant with the Iraq Reconstruction Agency in the U.S. Embassy Reporting once again from Iraq, June talks with Jim about progress in that country that you don't hear about on the major TV networks, including a growing insurance industry -- property, casualty and life, an emerging Iraqi stock market, and the repayment of millions of dollars in small business loans over the past three years. Why don't we hear about these successes on nightly news?

Steve Chabot 09/12/2007 US Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee Congressman Chabot is a champion of small business, and after a review of his thoughts on General Petraeus's report to Congress on conditions in Iraq, he discussed the role of the SBA in helping small businesses get access to micro-loans.

Rosemary Elebash 09/03/2007 Alabama state director of the National Federation of Independent Business Rosemary joins Jim to talk about how small business owners can become more like trade unions -- organized in the way they get their message out to politicians and policy makers.

Giovanni Coratolo 08/30/2007 Director, Small Business Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce What's on the Congressional slate for -- or against -- small business in the next session? Giovanni talks with Jim about some of the issues he's tracking for us, what he thinks will happen and what we can do to contribute to the debate.

Karen Kerrigan 08/27/2007 President and CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council How will small business fair in the upcoming legislative session in Washington? Karen talks with Jim about what she expects Congress to do to small business, because she doesn't expect them to do much for us.

Grace-Marie Turner 08/23/2007 President of The Galen Institute Want to know the truth about the children's health care legislation that's being debated in Congress? Grace-Marie talks with Jim about why, even though it sounds warm and fuzzy, it's really a dangerous direction for our country to go in.

Stephanie Vance 07/27/2007 Author of How to Communicate With Congress What do small businesses -- and small communities -- do to get their message across to their members of Congress? Stephanie and Jim talk about how to do this as individuals and as communities.

Steve Chabot 07/19/2007 US Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee Predatory and frivolous lawsuits are hurting small business owners disproportionately and Congressman Chabot joins Jim to talk about what he's doing to end this injustice.

Dr. David Gratzer 07/06/2007 Author of The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care David talks with Jim about why he thinks Michael Moore's movie, "Sicko," is more cartoon than documentary, and what really needs to be done to improve the U.S. healthcare system.

Burton Folsom 07/04/2007 History Dept., Hillsdale College; author of The Myth Of The Robber Barons, and Empire Builders. On this Independence Day in America, Jim and Burt talk about the American experiment, as Lincoln termed it, and whether modern Americans are good stewards of what the Founders gave us.