eliminate tax breaks for that industry. with the midterm elections sneaking up just around the corner, once again politics will trump everything. to hell with the nation's skyrocketing deficits, these lawmakers talk a good game about cutting spending, but at the end of the day, that's all it is, just empty talk. here's the question -- -- go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. you can post a comment on my blog. >> i guess another way of phrasing that question would be, which senators support cutting programs in their own backyards? i wonder if we could name any? >> probably not. they say if you don't bring home the pork, or don't bring home the bacon, you don't get reelected. the problem is there ain't no more bacon. the hog has been picked down to the skeletal remains, and we have to start stopping this, or we're going to go belly-up. >> jack, stand by.