york. >> let it be known this is week we mved on from terror concerns and debt concerns that we'll spend whatever it takes to keep us safe, can can assume throws any budget right now out. because, now our politicians have an excuse to keep us out of the grave. we have to keep digging the same old spending hole, i am neil cavuto, maybe it was whether about likal bloomberg and his police commissioner were talking about need for thousands of morecambmorecameras to spy on p-

so many reasons so spend so little time but nothing justifies snding more than cranking of fear more, the fear of more boston, more chemicals and more long aport waits. now is not the time to quibble over costs. we never really have. they never have, now it looks more like they never will. because big spending politician say that world has changed they need more change, our change, our money doesn't anyone see what is going on here? i'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, they are not looking after, that they are screwing us, inc under the phony guys guf keeping us safe and happy. only to kee them fat and happy.

melissa, there you go. they got all ammo they need. >> faa is one that kills me, if you look at their own web site, they are doing 26% less work than they were in 2002. that is how many fewer flights there are in the sky. every year since then, they have added more people and increased their bget with less work to do, more people, so, they rush in they say, there are long lines, the truth is, if you look at statistics, these days are not worse than they usually or this time of year, but they are upsetting people, showing the photos saying we have to put money back in act to help you , it just costing us. lou: my predict for weekend, we'll lift the furloughs, that

is what we're being with, when we too minor cuts, 85-86 billion-dollars we were talking about in sequestration cuts that were just over 10 years half of which in outer years, end of story game over dealing with debt. >> right. you know, being in boston over last few weeks, i am aware of role that fear plays in decision making when we counsel investors we tell them, down panic have a plan, be opportunistic this this case washington is doing none of, that washington is letting fear dictate the plan, we can't control what goes on in europe or a recession or china has a housing bubble. but we can control our own budget, that is something that washington chooses not to do, i think sequestration, fears and faa fears is a classive example of fear mongering run amuck.

and you know it is unfortunate we'll going to pay for this for years to come. lou: and we have discussed this before. republicans and democrats, if you want to spend on wars in afghanistan a iraq. then just put it on budget, don't make it an off budget item. we know that wars are expensive. you cannot play the shell games you say added security a big interest, from where do you take funds, we don't do that. >> right. >> right. and optics of f faa it looks ga. in summer the debt ceiling will have to be raised, some members, fiscally conservative, are

wondering, when it is that going to stop? is there an end point, at some point there has to be a grand bargain, but what does it take for congress? we have not seen it despite the warning signals from greece and other countries. countries. lou: melissa i think of privacy advocates, about hey, we got google looking at and cameras, not a peep out of them now in the post boston worl world. i know where it is going. >> your guest said they are not being opportunistic they are. a grade opportunity f government to rack up more debt. they can find a reason to spend

money. i don't know why the rest of the american public does not see it their money. neil: they see it is their airline, and their hineys waiting a long time. so they are afraid, that it boomrages on them. >> this idea of personal responbility, u know that the blame game is just beginning, we see politicians, we have a sluggish economy. whether gdp or consumer reaction, and you know you can mark my word, we'll see people blaming this terror crises on the fact that economy is not growing, they will look for excuses to blame someone, and result of those excuses will be more stimulus dollars, we see here is washingto right now, contributing to bei part of the problem. budgets will be stretched because of police present that means higher taxes, net result is going to be counterve for th.

neil: a very brief moment, my fear with this. there were a couple policians who had cajonies to say, sequestratn. not a single law enforcement officials job on the line, that happens i understand. that it is politics as well as reality. now, been ratcheted up. to melissa's point we'll see more, what do you think? >> i think so in washington one thing that moves congress, ty get rattled by credit rating anxieties, we were downgrades that had an effect but they have done quiet. washington is continuing to spend. neil: you know they were not quiet about britain, but what do you think is going to happen with this melissa, assuming

think about that budget asterty is out. >> it seems like we're going to come to some crisis here where we'll raise the debt ceiling you have to think that rating agents will downgrade again, i don't know if that causes pond vilant to get into action, as long as money is rolling freely, i don't know if anyone cares, i don't know that it makes that big of a difference. neil: some vig lannies like it. >> yeah, i can't tell any more, we keep expecng it interest situation to turn, and again the government, and it is not. >> thank you all very much. this is a also, a week something else happened, based on something that never happened, a false tweet that for few minutes had investors in deep you know, tweet. this was just latest high-ch head fake to recover, wait until you hear from folks who say it will not be the last, maybe next

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neil: this to me is really the chart of the week. a fall app tweet that -- a false ap tweet that the white house was attacked. but before dust settled the marketsot unsettled, stocks tanking triple digits they recovered, like they do. but is it me, do you think we're running out of rope? maybe excuses to lizzy macdonald, and adam and high-tech can seem like high

wire. >> numbers are frightening $146 billion wiped out in market cap, the problem is twitter feeds are part of computer trading platform for a lot of hedge funds that use high frequencncy trade, the fact thaa bogus twitter feed can go into a computer, and swing markets so dramatically is scary, important names we invest in or have in 401(k) got hit, walmart, me depot, coke, you know, 136 companies plus were hit. so the question is, how to you stop it? is this an event -- coming out of our 401(k) is this status quo going forward. neil: if you are an individual investor adam just back away. as some creep back they see this, and say this is why i don't go in because this stuff happens. i know there are fancy

algorithms that allow this to happen, sophisticated program said on a combination of words, and they pound on them. i understand that, i don't but i do. but, average folks say, what the heck, get me out of here. >> well, i actually think that this should give comfort to average folks, average folks should not pay attention to any of this nonsense, they should not be trading they should not pick stocks. >> why? >> they would not hav been damaged if they were unaware. their mutual fun ended the day where it started. neil: you are tipping hat to market recovered they realized this is stupid, one of these days it won't happen. >> the high peak frequency tradg problemas to be looked at but my point that market gets back

to wre it should have been, individual invtors are best served by not paying attention to nonsense, if you do, saying maybe i should not be in the market because this stuff happens you will lose out on an opportunity to earn real money. neil: jean, i am old enough to rember the '87 crash. that got the investor royally reamed, so what is this to top me from thinking -- what is to stop me from tnking you know savingsccount. >> keep in mind, a run a technology consuming firm, sometimes too much technology is not a good thing. >> i agree but i tell you it guess boion stock market. that is has a lot of press because of money lost in a few seconds on wall street, in last

6 months some largest companying that run hosting services, google, and microsoft, and amazon, there are hundreds of people, andusinesses that rely on the services because all about cloud computing and relying on service that are out there. these people, when their service go down they lose lone as well, not just a wall street issue but an issue of over reliance on some technology. >> adam makes an important point. some issuers could not get back in. like wall street has the memory of a goldfish, the other trend, saying to company you can disclose market moving information on youtube and twitter. neil: how many characters, 140

or less what would you write? >> they always go to the fcc web site. >> that is where you go. >> i am geeke i can't hely i ca. neil: you are sophisticated. i read a prompter for a living. average people looking at this say, this keeping happening, whether a flash crash. i had no ia we had a cocoa future crash. >> i do not either. >> i am avoiding chocolate. neil: it is crazy, no wonder people get nervous, there is a reason you can over do this. >> i would say to reassure people, at the micro level we haveo address the problems we are.

at macro level, people need to remind them sel themselveses ths progress. neil: this not progress. >> but it is. neil: thank you to our government -- you still have waste. >> we c do things with it thintechnology that we could noo before we can get information faster. neil: come on, it is the making of our undoing. >> neil, that is an over statement, neil 92 . neil: i think it is too, but dramatic affect. >> i don't think it is the making of our own undoing, as a consumer you are running a be we rely on technology, not just stark it. it is g mail, and hosting services and microsoft outlook, wonderful services but they go down, when they go down we have to be prepared, they are not perfect. we live in an imperfect world.

neil: we had hurricane sandy, my sons their biggest problem with power going out was not playing with their, pad, w ipad, i saidl have to do something revolutionary, boys talk. >> twinkies are

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neil: the ding dongs are back, but guess who is not? the union makers who used to make them. the new bosses are giving the

heave-ho on the bakers, twinkies and ding dongs are back. >> some of my favorite foods. fact that they are nonunion what does that tell you? >> a lot about union history, oking at unions today, down in private sector to less than 7% of employees are union members, if you turn the clock back 70 years ago almost 20% of the country were working people were members of unions, unions have lost their credibility with workers, but more so, what ts tells new case of hostess that given a choice, people who run corporations in the u.s. today, would much rather not have a

union. why is that? neil: that has been the case a long time. >> unions create great inefficiencies we find from unions today ty embed costs into businesses, this is what happened with old hostess. jobs were segment in such a way that more peoe had to be hired to get very simple tasks done. no surprise to me, that new management condition have a union -- can't have a union. neil: management changed a lot too, so i'm not sureew management and this management. is the cure. but i do know they went through a lot of management. i am not here to sing praises of management or disparage unions as i am saying there has to be something in the mix to the baking analogy, it happens every where, boeing went to a right-to-work state to add jobs, same in lexus considering it.

they seek out the rht-to-work states, for a reason. >> of course, they do. by the way, i did the same thing, if there is no need to be buburdens with a union, why do . neil: to give workers a fair break and air pay. >>, oh, no. neil: hear me. i am doing my fair and planned thing, they would or argue that management would rather stick workers to the wall, you say -- >> in is not late 1800s or early 1900s, when an. neil: there are still twinkies made from late 1800s on storeshelves today but i digress. >> i understand. unions provide no real purpose today. because employees have fair salaries, they have good medical, dental, benefits, they

are treated very well. manager have learned that employees are productive if they are treated well. this -- there ishough need for a thirdarty to step in between aween a manager and an employee. >> there is a growing kassem they mention, that there will always be a home for unionsith that crowd, and a group pushing for that crowd. >> i think there is a place for unions, it happens to be in public sector, unions are still strong. neil: you are not supporting that? i find that weird, it is going to sue us, folks who pay them if they don't get what they want. >> i'm not support anything unions anywhere. i want to be clear on that. but what happens in the public sector is something that we com3

toxpect, that is unions give to politicians and fact of the manufacturematter is politiciant unions by creatingobs giving some unions what they want. neil: thank you my friend. former verizon wireless ceo, twinkies do not have a shelf life of 150 years, it 100 years. kidding. anyway you might still be waiting for your refund, millions of others got rebunds ♪

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neil: i will spare you details, let the headline sink in. more than 11 billion in erroneous refunds last year. we don't have the numbers but i particular treasury inspector general is with us. >> thank you, neil. neil: what is the rate for irs?

>> you are conservativ with at number. irs itself estimate between $11 and $14 billion a year, which equates to error rate of 21 on 25%. neil: more than double error rate than president obama when he pushed federal standard into law aims for. >> this is a longstanding problem. every since establishment of this worth wild program congress identified problem with people who are not eligible for credit receiving it this is one of membership credits and other benefits that the irs administers that are subject to fraud, and other misuse. neil: how does it happen? i thnk you told me, the bigger the numbers get the more ripe you are for this stuff happening, but no other reason than math.

if you stick to same percentage that number gets bigger, it really big now. >> it really is. and unfortunately, it is not only growing in this particular area, but with the expanding role that irs plays throughout government, we expect other schemes to grow with those expanding roles. neil: but not just irs, right, the fact is, from tarp funds, going beyond what intended, for bailout for bailouts and mort gang reworks that -- mortgage reworks that had to be reworked, something is wrong with the fix. >> throughout gernment, it is estimated that over $100 billion per year is improperly paid, both in terms of contracts, as well as grants, in addition to tax credits we're refearing to

today. neil: you say improperly paid i'm hoping that is discovered whoever was improperly paid has to ggve that money back. >> you know, it to its credit irs has identified over 4 billion each year, which this not have been paid, and they catch. they prevent from being paid. however, it literally takes an audit of i've resiveient to make -- recipient to make that determinic they have to pick and choose their priorities. neil: where are we going with it? you know this happens with irs now, other agents before. you know i understand human error, and low percentage thing. i don't excuse 21% in irs case. it should be 0% going out in this way, but we put more money

into fix it programs, for which we true the day. what do we do? >> you know we have a voluntary compliance system in this nation. this is something that if the irs literally had an authoritative system of everything that you earn, is reported to it, therefore they can can colgate amount of taxly -- they can capita call calcul littley. it would take a change in way that irs administers the tax code to fully tracy the problem. neil: you know, i was thinking of you coming here today of, i'm thinking i had a guy who worked with me, a wonderful person but

always apologizes for mistakes, very good about owning up to them. i admire that part, but mistakes kept happening, so as sorry as he was i heard and saw the missticks. i understand this is happened again, and again, and again, but we keep repeating the same sin. are there standards put in place to avoid the same thing. we saw this with tarp, they wanted to police tarp funds again from going out getting laughter on squandered or check -- laughter on squandered or checks sense to pets, we would hear new variations. >> you know, that is neil, one of the big problem with this issue, because, congress passed legislation in 2010 that

required irs to report the aim of improper payment its makes, irs has not been in compliance with that. the congress has to address. neil: all right, i tell you what. thank god for guys like that you are trying to deep on top of this. we appreciate it. >> thank you, neil. neil: all right, bill ariley, is samsung pulling an apple. saying you could be in the no sale zone. [ tires screech ]

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neil: samsung soaring, apple falling, ibm reprimanding, tonight. doing the blitz honors. keith if i fitzgerald. and same sung appears to play a dangerous familiar apple-like stunt, running out of a very hot phone just as it hits market. is it manufacturing its own crisis? >> hard to know what they are doing on that front, interesting phenomenon watching the samsung phones over take apple stuff. in this modern world we have.

hard for company to hold on to crown, you can see other peop's real experiencing of technology and howood it is. so what happens, you know, samsung can supersede apple. who toppled blackberry. >> you know there is something to be said, playing these games, if they are deliberate. there no a to prove that. >> look, you know if i were ceo of samsung i would top create as much buzz and hype for my crux as possible. you don't' to tick people off.

>> it had a 4 on 5 year lead because it redefined a product category, samsung pulling a classive strategies of wait could observe, watch design and prove, their improvement are getting so fast. apple condition keep up. to issue 2, big blue ripping half million workers you tell ceo telling all to shape u or get out. they have to get their act together. well i think so, mandate is turn ibm aroun could problem is this time, i am doubtful they will be able to do it, much of lower end business cannibalized servers going away, cloud computing working again it. >> dave, does that type of

management approach where you put fear of you know what in your workers on that level work? >> i don't think it working often, i think it will hard for them in this situation, i they are on the wrong side of history, and not able to make the same kind of paradigm jump from mainframe world to pc world some 30 years ago this is a bigger badr trend, in which i think they are less revenue, and less money to be made. and what have you -- world's only 102-year-old computer company, trying ting to still py ball in, that they had a strong culture based on that previous era. this may be a bridge too far. >> well said. >> a right, issue three, company -- they are not interested in borrowing.

first two weeks no less saying business has been borrowing 9% less, banks saying not us who is it? >> i think that banks have got a lot to bowith this, they don't top lend, now they have uncertainy nobody wants their money, whose fault is that this is uncertainty issue. so low they are laugh able. this is very disconcerting to me. >> i don't know if there is a reflect of companies that feel satiated already. or something more sinister afoot. >> there is something different afoot. why is there less revenue for ibm? some technology models are

changing, you can buy so much more by -- my belief that we have entered an era where business is becoming less challenge intensive. and what you get is entrepreneurial company ceos saying, i wonder if there is a y could do investing my money, a cloud-based way or out sourced kind of way to make it happen, this is a different economy. >> i was thinking about how low rates are, a weird way. that reinforces the banky behavior. they are running with this bubble or whatever you top call it, enjoying every minute of it. >> they have so much cash on hand custors are almost irrelevant. they can get it from treasury

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neil: bill gates not kidding, pushing for plain for u.s. to spend dollars 5 million to put

cameras in classrooms, the cameras are pointed at the teachers saying a watchful eye could teach them a lesson in teaching. this may go too far, he said this, if you think about it, before the whole boston thing, putting cameras everywhere. he is going bill gates, to try to monitor teachers, seeing whether they are living up to their kids. what do you think of that? what is so bad about that. proof of getting paid for performance. >> you are right, accountability evaluation allowing teachers to be observed by parents great idea but you talk about 5 billion that money economy better spence elsewhere, but idea of observing teachers to

see how effective they are and rewarding them is -- >> mbe then that would be a good investment unlike solyndra and unlike fisker. 5 billion in to this yies you tens of billions you know in better teachers, smarter students who make us more competitive nation. >> i see that, i love the daily news editorial on this a little tongue and cheek but sai why not just charge subscription. before you do primetime. you have to figure, jenny's little brother, i think he wanted to see if jenny got in troubmoral than 2 gotrouble mort votes. neil: after a while you get used to cameras, then you don't think about it. i know they are everywhere here,

and i kind of you know, understand that so there is a danger. but i understand where you are coming from. we're not in position to be grab granting or crediting for investing anything right now, we don't have any money right now. there is that asterisk to this. >> yeah not having a little money is a -- not having any money is a little problem. neil: so, where does bill gates go with this. the week we learn that you know it can look over your shoulder keeping you alive friend, which wins out? >> well, a mix. you know what givingetter benefit. are you watching for terrorists on street corners. versus personal privacy, in classroom, that is what this comes down to. yeah you should be able to

observe but price tag is a little bit high. so, it is a plan, a plan we'll have to figure out, but go i more on privacy in public but when our kids, i think parents should have ability to observe teachers, that is excessive for cameras or another format. neil: gates could afford that himself if he is hot to trot on it. >> ieard about this i thought high would pay for it, a nice donation. neil: that could help. have a great weekend. >> thank youking neil? all right, this just in, you have a one in 5 chance of winding up on food stamps, 1 in 5, w at tyco inteated security, we consider ourselves business optimizers. how? by building custom security solutions that integrate video, access control, fire and intrusion protection.

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explain 1 in 5 households on food stamps. we are closing in on 50 million americans not even americans, getting food stamps now. lizzy macdonald this is making me want to vomit right now. adam is back, and mark is back, my point is not that we take care of those who need to be fed. but if you tell me, 50 million americans are in need of food stamps, one out of 5, out of control. >> yes, it is astonishing. the thing that gets lost in the story line. is that americans really are generous they do want to help the poor, and don't think that can be questioned. but, it is such a reversal of what clinton was all about in 90s, democrats in 90s, and republicans too. that we got americans off of the

dole, but president bush did expand food stamps in 2002, president obama as part of stimulus, food stamps started in 70s, if you are in financial destress, now it could be a meddle classe classen class-ent. neil: jean? >> you know, interesting story, you know i have three kids in college right now. they have friends on food stamps. neil: really? >> yes, they are going to good schools but i don't know if you know that with relaxing a of food stamp rule, if you are a kid in college working part time over 18, if you part of a work study program, youre eligible for food stamps these kid have family that could pay for mea plans but with rising costs of colleges parents look for every

opportunity. neil: are your kids on food stamps. >> they are not, that would put the government out of,. neil: you know, adam, you get the blogs, a heartless fox guy talkingbout this. my issue is whole mitt romney 47% pay no income tax thing, mine is not to quibble with soldiers and retirees who pay a life into the system, they are due their comfort in their latter years, my point is how did that number get so high as 47%, just like my point here, how did it get high as almost 50 million who need food stamps, i don't know the correct number of needy americans who need help to get food but it cannot possibly 50 million, or be close @% half who are in such distress they cannot and should not pay

some federal income tax, something is out of whack. >> there are a couple strands here, we started by suggesting there are some element to doing with illegal imgarag imgration e 11 or 12 million illegal ill granimmigrant in u.s., i don't k it is a coincidence this rise in food stamp usage coincides with a historic rise in income inequality iunited states, i don't know what the right way to feed hungry people is or what the right number should be. but that is what we should look at. we should -- we should revamp this. neil: but we're not doing that, i agree. we focus more on providing benefits than push for the job that will make them irrelevant. >> that is a good point, you know, i tell you something looking at numbers almost 20 million more people on food

stamps since 2008. so what does that tell you? a huge difference -- a swing. neil: post meltdow >> yes, americans want to help yes, but you don't dot by saying to upper bracket, you know what, inequality is an issue so we're going to bring you down, you want to bring people up not down. >> as liz said, household income has decreases 7.95% since beginning of recession, and economy growing so slow, it makes sense there are more people he or shing out for help there -- people reaching out for help. neil: let's assume we're having a tough time on that 41, of abouts are running up and jobs are not. if we keep doing this we're going to run out of money. >> if there is always a abuse

and waste in the program, we should lk at them, but if there are -- if are more hungry people united states that is what we should talk about not is food stamps right approach. neil: you cannot tell me we're at point a system that more than a decade ago with 18 million, is now up to point where we're close to 50 million. how that- things have turned that fast for that many. that you -- food stamps were for destitute. >> common sense suggestions that standards have been laxed. i do not argue there. my instinct to agree with you, yes. neil: that kills you doesn't it? >> not in the least. >> i want to thank you all i know letter and e-mails are

coming we're a rich and generous country, but we can only have so many paying out to so many more beforeou release, what the hell? >>. >> tom: should a terrorist be protected by our constitution especially if the visit an american citizen? where did that 48-hour window come from that allowed officials to question them before reading them their miranda warnings. we're talking about a citizen terrorist. right here and right now. >> tom: thanks for joining us. here at the top of the stack, being a citizen offers us all kinds of constitutional protections, it's just one of the things that makes our citizenship so valuable in this country. if arrested, we have right to remain silent.