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Politicians do when they dont have guts to make unpopular or make decisions. you see, the strategy is to delay or kill. it is taught on k-street where the lobbyists make their homes. the worst are those that dont require follow-up or follow deadlines. and those in the financial legislation, well, those studies fall in that category. if you would like to know how much all of the studying is going to cost, dont bother asking, because congress did not appropriate any money for the 68 studies, nor d...

Wolf? >> than you, jack. good question, and we will watch. jessica yellin is coming up at the top of hour for john king on "john king usa" and her guests is sheriff joe arpaio, and univisions president. we will also have a report on queen elizabeths historic visit. richard roth and richard quest are both standing by. you are in "the situation room." gecko: yeah... fastest growing for the past 5 years! obviously people love saving money.

Time now to check back with jack for the cafferty file. jack? >> question this hour, a huge tax increase is coming next january. what should congress do? doug in dallas writes, let it happen, it is the only way that we will start to reduce the deficit. the party of no will figure out a way to keep it from happening, since it is all of their rich friends howling the loudest. gordon in new jersey says, since you have used the phrase death tax, i have to assume that you picked up this tea party h...

Words. jack to the cafferty file. >> the running of the bulls and the idiots. they shortened the title. the question this hour, at what point does ownership of problems blamed on george bush transfer to president obama? therese in mississippi writes, jack, we should give him another six years because as talented as bush and the congress were at wrecking the country, it took us a few years to get into the hole we are in, but they expect president obama to fix nit less than two years? i think they...

There. and the calculation of the administration, whatever they lose politically from those who support the arizona law, they will gain with constituents latino voters who are so disappointed with president obama so far and he needs to shore up support. they expected immigration bill from him, and they have not gotten it yet, so he is helping them out. >> he wants to energize them looking ahead to the midterm elections and two years later. >> a key voting bloc that the democrats want to hold on ...

But we never got to that stage, because he was released on bail and escaped. >> this is maybe a tough question to answer, but this is a guy who is obviously experienced in changing identities and moving from country to country and false papers and that type of thing, so how likely is it that the justice department or even the police from cyprus will be able to get this guy, find this guy now that he is out of their custody? >> well with, the longer the time period goes from the disappearance and...

Cafferty file. hey, jack. >> the question this hour, suzanne, is do you feel as patriotic as you used to? a lot of the towns and cities canceling the july 4th celebrations, no money. zach writes yes, i do, but i realize it is easy to focus on all of the negatives. we have the issues for sure, however the standard of living is higher than any nation in history. we like to focus on the negatives, because it sells more commercials and it is more dramatic, but if you take a step back, you might real...

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Have lost our way, and im not sure that the leaders give a damn. if you want to read more on the subject you will find it on my blog cnn.com/caffertyfile. suzanne? >> thank you, jack. stand breaking news in this hour, a confession in the russian spy case. a car that stands strong... when you need it most. and expects to handle the unexpected. at chevrolet, we created a team of red x engineers who are obsessed with quality. red x torture tests every car down to the smallest detail. because ever...

The alternative minimum tax and permanently increase medicare payments to doctors and bingo, we are there. the presidents bipartisan deficit commission has until december to come up with ideas on how the bring down the debt and stabilize the deficit. but none of their recommendations will be binding on anyone. and it is no accident that the report is not even due until after the midterm elections. in the meantime, we have a ticking financial time bomb on our hands, and our government is sitting ...