the question, why are employers not hiring right now? tonight answers from job creators for you from coast to coast. so get near the television and get your pen and paper because they re going to help you out. we have the president and ceo of los angeles area chamber of commerce and in washington, d.c. we have bill rish with the national federation of independent businesses and from minneapolis darlene miller, president and ceo of a company which manufactures precision machine products. thanks to all of you for joining me on a saturday night. let s help out people at home. i ll start with you, darlene. before the downturn you had 47 employees then cut to 21 people and now you re at 38 workers. why did you stop hiring? that is correct. well, the reason is it s uncertainty. we really don t know what is going to be happening, not just with the economy but with our tax rates, with the regulatory