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Biggest drops seen in atlanta, chicago and cleveland. now these troubling signs are taking a to on american optimism. a new report shows consumer confidence edged slightly lower in april and job concerns may be to blame. people are shopping less for cars, for homes, and going on fewer vacations. also developing today the federal government hiring a financial expert to keep an eye on luxury automaker fisker as that company runs into trouble after blowing through $200 million of your money. that is just a fraction of the money that the obama administration initially agreed to loan fisker and n...

72% raising taxes on incomes over $250,000 a year. 66% raise social security taxes on people with incomes over $107,000 a year. 64% support raising taxes on hedge fund managers. 61% support raising medicare premiums were wealthy retirees. 59% support raising taxes on oil and gas companies. joining me now is msnbc political analyst howard fineman, editorial director for the huffington post media group. thanks for joining me tonight. howard, what's the latest reporting on what's breaking here on the boehnor plan. they went into the afternoon

Income cap on social security taxes, which is now around $107,000 a year. and in his speech today, the president may have unwittingly stumbled upon the reason republicans really want to cut education spending. >> how many of you who are in the audience have got an pell grant to help you pay your way? how many of you can't afford to pay another thousand dollars to go to school? i know what this is like. scholarships help make it possible for me and for michelle to go to college. it's fair to say i wouldn't be president if p it hadn't been for somebody helping me be able to afford college. >> j...

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It's about people being retch and taxes. and poor angry about the rich peop people's stuff. i never grew up with much, but people had air conditioned homes and vacations and that gave me something to shoot for, something to dream for. now i've lived much of the american dream, i don't recent paing taxes, but i recent paying tacks that penalize me for being responsible and then congress spending it foolishly. arthur godfrey said i'm proud to be an american, but i could be just as proud for half the money. what steams us congress takes what we've worked hard to earn and squander is it on stupid ...