During a recent gathering of small business owners, Mike Pence used the opportunity to bash former President Obama, the Affordable Care Act, and liberal policies in general as being a burden to small business owners. But facts and history are not on his side with this argument. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

Farron Cousins is the executive editor of The Trial Lawyer magazine and a contributing writer at DeSmogBlog.com. He is the co-host / guest host for Ring of Fire Radio. His writings have appeared on Alternet, Truthout, and The Huffington Post. Farron received his bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of West Florida in 2005 and became a member of American MENSA in 2009. Follow him on Twitter @farronbalanced