you are on with todd mccracken.one how can we trust in the chamber of commerce to be able to tell us what the truth is about things? they might step on the toes of people in power. it just seems like there is no good answers. modelre a new business that you can make easier for people to do something so they don't need that power and the money and the backing? how can we take the tax breaks away from people who have too much power? is there any solution? would you be penalized and shunned by people with money? is it dangerous to get out there and tell the truth? guest: i take the caller's point. we get all of our money from small business people. we are not beholden to special interests. identity ined our what is best for this community. that is what it is. cynicism givene what happens in the city. significance.have is we're doing the best we can. about theave a text annual budget. guest: about $3 million. host: we are taking your calls and comments with todd mccracken from the national small business association. i

how small businesses and view the economy with national small business association president todd mccracken. then we continue our series on the healthcare law with a discussion on how some employers are adjusting to the law while also trying to control healthcare costs. a conversation on the latest air-traffic technology with jared billingham, director of civil aviation issues for the government accountability office. that plus your calls live on "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. see the lossant to of print journalism. i am frustrated when i see the loss of so much state and local jurors -- journalism, what is happening in city councils, because a lot of this national journalism is not as good if you do not have the local journalism. a lot of what i do is watching, state storiesand to see what is happening at that level and figuring out how it is bubbling up to the national level. if there are not people on the ,round doing that sort of work i think national journalism suffers quite a bit. i really hope that someone figures out a way to keep that sustainable an

washington journal, how small businesses view the economy and the opportunity for investment with todd mccracken. jay hancock with kaiser health news continues our series on the health care law with a discussion on how employers are adjusting to the law while also trying to control health care losts. after that, the latest on air traffic technology with gerald billingham, director of the issues with the government accountability office. that plus your calls live on washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. next, google's vice president meghan smith talks about teaching science and engineering and how educators might change their curriculum to make the fields more enticing for students hosted by the american association for the advancement of science this, is 45 minutes.

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