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Thats what our 401(k)s closely mirror, it hit a record high in 2007 and then you see it hit rock bottom in 2009. its been up 95% since then, and heres why, consumer spending, its rebounding. corporate profits are rising. also the job losses are slowing. we talked with one analyst who said, yeah, its okay to celebrate and have cake, but dont drink too much about the bubbly because you need to keep your wits about you if you are in this market, suzanne. >> the stock market has peaks and valleys, h...

>> well, you know what, ali, we talked with one analyst who wrote the stock traders almanac, he says this bull run is obviously two years in the making. actually longer than that. he sees that the bulls still have room to run, but it is setting up for a correction down the road. but we will wind up going sort of back to sort of a middle line and keep moving higher. you know, we talk about the s&p 500 a lot because our 401(k)s really mirror the s&p 500. if you see where the s&p 500 was two years ...

We have not recovered everything. but those last two years have been a remarkable ride. you look at some of those stocks, its incredible. what i get a lot from people, look, i wasnt thinking about the stock market. im thinking about my house and job. middle class cares about a house and job and those two things have not fully recovered yet. so there you go. >> thanks. >> youre welcome. >> you havent changed a bit since 2008. >> that was 08? >> march of 09. two years. >> we will be playing this s...

Nancy. you have an organization -- you have an organization that is ideologically after they regretfully let this woman go still believe in the principles shes pushing and they want my tax dollars to do it when im on the radio every day, guess what, i dont get a dime from the government to do it. i do it on my own. people pay me on my own. thats what the n.p.r. should do. megyn: n.p.r. reported about $630,000 in government grants for 08, which is the latest info we have. well see how much money ...

Standard. but, you know, look. if you go back to the totality of this, 2005 he was making it a center piece of a presidential race saying mandates and i quote a conservative idea. insisting upon individual responsibility for your health care. thats a far cry from socialism. so yes, this is a real problem at a time when the health care debate is one of the things that uniting the folks on the right. >> im glad i got my cowboy boots on because the manure is piling high when mitt romney talks. this...

Subsidy to pbs, endowment for the humanities and cutting congress back to 08 levels in spending and you are there. i believe that way the republicans go to the country and say were not shutting down the government. we are shutting down three unnecessary programs, zero funding them. if the democrats still cling to those programs, the onus is on them. >> sean: thats a good idea. let me see if i can give some perspective. i think americans are getting lost in millions, billions and trillions. 3.7 t...

Subsidy to pbs, endowment for the humanities and cutting congress back to 08 levels in spending and you are there. i believe that way the republicans go to the country and say were not shutting down the government. we are shutting down three unnecessary programs, zero funding them. if the democrats still cling to those programs, the onus is on them. >> sean: thats a good idea. let me see if i can give some perspective. i think americans are getting lost in millions, billions and trillions. 3.7 t...

Fo llow me on facebook and twitter. "the rachel maddow show" is up next. what kind of koch brothers influence do they have in wisconsin. >> thanks for joining us for the next hour. when it became clear that john mccain and sarah palin were a bad choice for the republican presidential ticket in 2008, when it started to become clear that barack obama and joe biden were going to win that election and probably win pretty big, right before that election took place something kind of weird started ...

As you know for all of the state challenges to the law, challenges that could go all the way to the supreme court. >> sure, and, jim, romney has defended his health care law in the patst, right? >> reporter: time and again. this wasnt an issue back in 08. he signed this law in 06. it wasnt an issue in 08 because obama care didnt actually exist at that point and i interviewed mitt romney about the subject of health care reform about a year and a half ago in the context of the debate over the pres...

Industry wanted. they wanted to stop too big to fail and a number of other things. but it was controversial, difficult, but he hung in there and got what he wanted. statement of leadership. >> do you think its legitimate for people to say that some of those ceos on wall street should have gone to jail? >> look, i dont know if its legitimate or not. people have a right to say what they want. but i think if youre an elected official, you should allow the justice system to take over and move forwar...