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As all of our viewers know, government spending is always a concern of jack cafferty. hes here and has "the cafferty file." >> americans have become alarming dependant on handouts from uncle sam, according to a new study. government welfare programs like social security, medicare, medicare, unemployment insurance, made up 35% of all public and private wages and salaries last year. more than one-third of all the money americans earn. these findings are contained in a study of government data done...

Displacement camp. hot shots. pictures worth a thousand words. lets go to jack with the cafferty file. >> the last picture reminds me of the shots, remember when they drove zam autoof the gulf war? it took months to put all those out. the question this hour is what does it mean if social welfare benefits make up more than one-third of all the wages and salaries paid in the united states. mike says whats shocking to me about how you phrase is question is you fail to include all the hand outs to b...

United states to do? so to cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> there are no simple answers. here ive heard both arguments. if you read the wall street journal, theres a very smart article making the case for intervention. an equally smart article making the case zbens. you read one and say, he makes good points. you read the other, he makes good points, too. i dont have nn easy answer. while the discussions and arguments are going on, people are getting killed every hour long, all day long, every day. and ...

Have more defections as they sigh their major advantage go away. the key for us in the muslim world is to withdraw the strategy when the fight is over. stay offshore, off the holy land, and leave when its done. dennis in california, if we dont stand for freedom, then why have so many americans dried in europe, korea, vietnam, japan, the middle east? is our governments decision to fight for freedom based on oil, money or principle? >> and jeremiah writes i think the biggest problem in the country...

The most important is how the countries are organized. libya is a much smaller country in terms of population. its much more tribal and clan-based. egypt had institutions too build upon. the army didnt take sides against the protesters. in libya the army has seen defections to the side of the opposition. but mainly controlled by gadhafi forces, aerial bombardments of strongholds in key oil producing cities. its a very different scenario in libya as the one we saw in egypt. in egypt youll remembe...

Products go up. an awful lot of folks are looking at fuel costs and are saying is this going to impede my ability to build up my part of america and will it ultimately stall an awful lot of the recovery under way. >> because the cost of food and all sorts of other products that have to be transported by land are going up. thats one reason you just heard the former energy secretary, bill richardson, flatly say its time to tap the strategic petroleum reserve right now to contain that price. tom fo...

Candidates on jack caffertys mind. hes here with "the cafferty file." >> the conventional wisdom is you cannot see india from sarah palins house so the former governor of alaska who quit halfway through her first term is going to go to india and guess a firsthand look. palin will be on her way to new delhi next week. shes been invited to deliver the keynote address at a two-day leadership event called the india today conclave, an annual conference that attracts business and political leaders fro...

He gets a lot of money on the speaking tour himself. makes a ton of money, too. >> somebody said he made $10 million one year giving speeches, but he knows something. >> millions of dollars, nothing wrong with that. >> the difference is bill clinton knows things. >> jack. one of our viewers e-mail you with the answer, how much hes getting paid for the speech. let me know. >> i will, but i doubt very much that thats public information. >> well find out. jack, thanks very much. the white house c...

For breakfast. sounds good, doesnt it? >> well get some sent over and you can have a try. its addictive. once youve had some when you were small, you will crave it when youre an adult. >> fair enough. >> you smear it or do you smear it? whats the correct word? smear? well discuss. president obama and the prime minister, by the way, also sang happy birthday to the teacher at that school. happy birthday, teacher are. the cafferty file is coming up next. then a new twist for charlie sheen. (annou...

Polite smiling audience wondering why hes ordering a mousse on rye. mike writes in american politics, anyone can be president. anyone, anyone at all. ben in maryland, she can teach them facts should never get in the way. if you dont like the facts, change them and teach them that you dont have to know anything to succeed in politics. tell a good story and find someone that can be blamed for whatever distortions you try to make up. mike says, jack, please try to keep up with the times and get off...