Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WINA-AM's Rob Schilling to offer a preview of the president's State of the Union address and his $320 billion tax hike proposal, which is centered on capital gains and dividends. Matthews then contrasts the president's proposals with positive tax reform measures, explaining how not all tax increases or tax cuts are created the same when it comes to their impact on economic growth.

Tom Giovanetti joins Washington DC's Don Kroah on WAVA to discuss not only how President Obama wants your town to go into the Internet business and compete with private providers, but also favors leviying onerous regulations on the Internet itself. Furthermore, the president's power grab preempting existing laws in 19 states that protect taxpayers from municipal broadband schemes is one of the most breathtaking assertions of executive power that we've seen.

IPI president Tom Giovanetti joins KMED talk host Bill Meyer to cut through the lofty rhetoric and give a clear picture of the dismal experience Obama's socialized Internet would be for consumers.

IPI president Tom Giovanetti joins WGTK talk host Joe Elliott on 970 AM The Answer to cut through the lofty rhetoric and give a clear picture of the dismal experience Obama's socialized Internet would be for consumers.

IPI president Tom Giovanetti joins WINA talk host Rob Schilling of the Schilling Show to cut through the lofty rhetoric and give a clear picture of the dismal experience Obama's socialized Internet would be for consumers.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz joins the chorus for a hike in the federal minimum wage, but could there be other reasons for his support? Merrill Matthews joins nationally syndicated Janet Mefferd in her Salem studio to discuss, and also covers other common economic myths about the minimum wage.

Tom Giovanetti joins KFAB in Omaha discussing President Obama's speech pushing for government-run broadband schemes. And if technical Internet policy terms melt your brain, take a listen; host Scott Voorhees says Giovanetti's layman's definition of network neutrality regulations is the best he's ever heard.

Could a political party be eligible to win a Darwin Award? Democrats' calls for higher taxes may help them win it.

Tom Giovanetti joins KSKY's Mark Davis to discuss the Texas House Speaker's race and efforts to launch a palace coup against Joe Straus. "It's not enough to just have the right principles; you also have to have the right tactics," says Giovanetti. "If we want to get rid of Joe Straus, two important lessons should be learned."

Americans will soon be facing a real problem. 45 million seniors in America are on Medicare, and Congress has a spring deadline to act on the so-called "doc fix" or patients will have a very difficult time to get treated. IPI's Merrill Matthews discusses with WGTK's Joe Elliott.