and that is really shrinking consumer confidence in america right now. by the way, this survey was conducted through january 17. that was right when most of us started to notice our lighter paycheck, making matters worse, taxes are rising at a time when wages and salaries are nearly stagnant. so the combination is expected to hurt consumer spending and further slow economic growth. but that stock market keeps on rallying, despite what is very bad numbers coming out of the economy. >> i spent a lot of time in trading pits. i knew, when the news is bad, but you look and see the dow jones, up 70 points on its own trajectory. >> that's right. >> leavet it there. >> thank you. >> a different type of labor pain, involving uni, the new york city school teacher is on track to collect $1 million for basically doing no work at all.