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  • Protect your home while reducing your insurance bills
    Feb 22 2025
    Host Shirley Rooker speaks with Mike McCartin with Joseph McCartin Insurance, who discusses what you can do in the face of the significant increase in the cost of insurance and the impact of national disasters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 min
  • Law on corporate transparency may harm small business
    Feb 15 2025
    Host Shirley Rooker speaks with Jeff Brabant, National Federation of Independent Business, to discuss how the Corporate Transparency Act will hurt the financial health of businesses with 20 or fewer employees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 min
  • The cost of regulations on consumers and businesses
    Feb 8 2025
    Host Shirley Rooker speaks with Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, who discusses the tens of thousands of federal regulations which cost $1.939 trillion annually. The guest offers reforms designed to get control of the spiraling number of regulations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 min
  • Protect your assets with the right insurance
    Feb 1 2025
    Host Shirley Rooker speaks with Mike McCartin of Joseph W. McCartin Insurance, who describes ways to prepare for future claims, including taking pictures or videos of your home furnishings. He also discusses the responsibilities of a host. For example, you may be liable if guests get drunk and have an accident when they leave your party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 min
  • Beware of debt relief offers
    Jan 25 2025
    Host Shirley Rooker speaks with Bruce McClary of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, who discusses the special needs of military and the many frauds targeting other consumers. He describes how the debt relief promised may only increase the debt load, how promises to erase credit card debt may backfire and other scams that trap consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 min
  • Free speech, hate speech and the role of government
    Jan 19 2025
    Host Shirley Rooker speaks with Mark Jamison of the American Enterprise Institute, who explains why he views government regulation of what we see on social media as a threat to democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 min
  • Our first president as businessman and innovator
    Jan 11 2025
    Host Shirley Rooker talks to John Berlau. The author of "George Washington, Entrepreneur" explores the greatness and intellect of our first president and his ventures into whiskey making and mule breeding as well as his vision about flight. He also discusses Washington's partnership with his wife Martha and her importance to his success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 min
  • Make sure Google gives you the results you really need
    Jan 5 2025
    Host Shirley Rooker speaks with John Kiernan of WalletHub.com to discuss a recent study that found consumers who use Google to search for financial products may be missing out on the best information. The study found that the results were heavily skewed to Google advertisers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 min