Good evening. This is John Bachelor. The show begins tonight in Small Business America.

The business of America is small business, all the growth, all the hiring, all the new ideas.

Conversation with Gene Marks just back from the road, West Virginia, Florida, with associations

of men who distribute conveniences to the convenience stores, chemicals, building construction teams from all over the country in regions and nationally.

What Jean learned is they need employees.

There's a shortage of employees for the manufacturers for the distribution centers.

That's been true for several years now.

You also learned that their producer prices, what they pay for their materials, is inflated

and inflated more than we're told on the consumer prices. That was something he first saw in 2022 the inflated

prices of materials, resources for these associations and the small businesses.

And then we're off to the question of Chachi P.T.

Chachi P.T. is struggling.

It's a baby.

It's not ready for prime time as Jean puts it.

So certainly it's not an advantage right now to small business. It's growing.

It makes mistakes and it doesn't always give you the information you thought you were after

Then to Ukraine Jeff McCausen just back from Europe. We speak of a Russian spring offensive expected in the weapons system that Ukraine needs to defend itself.

We also talk about NATO and emerging plan that the Bundestag is briefed on by National Security Forces of a Russian

plan to invade Germany, what it would look like, phase one, phase two, phase three,

and then Armageddon.

California, Bill Whelan joins from Palo Alto about the Vice President of the United

States, Camla Harris, and the history of Vice President is coming to re-elect conventions

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