A recent survey found that small business owners are disgusted with recent college graduates They said the grads are not qualified and have zero work ethic Agree or disagree Art Ally Rep Diana Harshbarger and Patti Garibay join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Democrats want to unleash IRS agents to target middle-class Americans and small business owners They have weaponized the IRS Monica Crowley Sen Roger Marshall and Jordan Pratt join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

The Outlaw Lawyers Josh Whitaker Joe Hamer tackle questions concerning small business owners If you're in business for yourself or are thinking about starting one stay tuned Listener questions fuel this episode of the Outlaw Lawyer If you have a legal question of your own here in NC give Whitaker Hamer a call - - Legal Law Business LLC Attorney Lawyer See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Stu is talking with businessman Scott Reid and Director and President of the Ukraine Partnership Foundation Joe Privott about the work they're doing in Ukraine teaching entrepreneurs and small business owners sound business practices from a western perspective while also sharing the Gospel [... more]

One of the biggest burdens on small business growth is taxes Business owners often get into business because they have a great idea or product Too often they go out of business because they run afoul of the IRS and their tax liability Author of Small Business Tax Guide Dan Pilla joins us on the program to address some of the biggest tax traps and challenges business owners face how to know about them and address them [... more]

A judge will hear arguments this month in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's certificate-of-need law A Winston-Salem surgeon is challenging a provision in the CON law that blocks him from purchasing an MRI machine Jon Guze John Locke Foundation director of legal studies has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the surgeon's case Guze explains why he believes the CON law is unconstitutional If North Carolina decides to move forward with legislation to allow dental therapy it will be good to know how that process has played out in other states Sal Nuzzo vice president for policy at the James Madison [... more]

Gov Roy Cooper recently signed into law Senate Bill It marks the latest step in an ongoing campaign to fight overcriminalization in North Carolina Mike Schietzelt John Locke Foundation criminal justice fellow explains how the new legislation fits with the goal of cleaning up the state's overly complicated criminal code Overly burdensome occupational licensing rules restrict economic freedom in both North Carolina and South Carolina During a recent meeting in Winston-Salem the group Classical Liberals in the Carolinas learned how Jon Sanders John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies focused attention on North Carolina's licensing restrictions Jennifer McDonald senior research [... more]

Vermont Sen Bernie Sanders and New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez describe themselves as socialists But neither one fits the classic definition of socialist Roy Cordato John Locke Foundation senior economist distinguishes the two politicians from traditional socialists and explains why their policy goals would not lead to institutionalized socialism Most of consider ourselves to be law-abiding citizens But we might be breaking laws without our knowledge thanks to the problem of overcriminalization James Copland senior fellow and director of legal policy at the Manhattan Institute explains the problems created when a state has too many crimes on its books [... more]

As we welcome a new year Carolina Journal Radio reviews some of the most interesting topics from If you're searching for a common thread that unites most progressive public policy proposals consider coercion That's the conclusion of John Locke Foundation Vice President for Research Roy Cordato From the minimum wage to environmental restrictions to education programs progressives tend to want government to force people into making decisions that satisfy the progressives' policy preferences Cordato contrasts the coercive approach to one that focuses on freedom and limited government Students have returned to college campuses across the country but many of them [... more]