Tom Giovanetti and Merrill Matthews give a preview of what to expect the president to address in next week's State of the Union, including the debt ceiling, minimum wage, tax reform, and immigration reform.

It's been almost 30 years since the last major change to the U.S. tax code. IPI's Tom Giovanetti and Bartlett Cleland discuss why our tax code should be reformed to be more globally competitive, and to stimulate economic growth and job creation.

Where is the line drawn between offering a "honey pot" to insurers suffering from expensive high-risk pools versus bailing out companies with bad business models using funds from successful ones? Merrill Matthews raises these questions to WTMA's Tara Servatius.

Obamacare's "risk adjustment mechanism" will bail out poorly performing health insurance companies with money from successful companies. Health insurance never became so expensive until government tried to make it affordable, says Merrill Matthews to WINA's Rob Schilling.

HHS plans to open up the money spigots if that's what it takes to get the insurers on board in a last ditch effort to make Obamacare work. Merrill Matthews talks to WWNC's Pete Kaliner.

Some in Washington are saying it's time to lift the export ban on crude oil. Merrill Matthews and Tom Giovanetti discuss the tremendous economic benefits to lifting the ban.

While headlines suggest Hillary is inevitable in winning the presidency in 2016, Matthews joins Janet Mefferd to say not so fast. The Benghazi scandal is still unresolved, she's vulnerable to Democrats on both the left and right, and her greatest strength and weakness is Bill.

Merrill Matthews discusses Hillary Clinton's chances at winning the White House in 2016 with Radio America nationally syndicated host Roger Hedgecock.

As Democrats and unions push for increases on the federal minimum wage, IPI's Tom Giovanetti and Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss how in reality the minimum wage sets a price control on labor, harming the very people it's designed to help.

Merrill Matthews and WHO-AM's Jan Mickelson take a closer look at reducing income inequality and the impact of the minimum wage and earned income tax credit. And in the real world, what's the impact of minimum wage standards and workers' benefits to taxpayers in relation to large employers, including Wal-Mart and Costco?