investment banker steve rattner will pay $10 million to settle charges he paid kickbacks to get new york state's pension fund to invest with his company. rattner admitted no wrongdoing as part of the deal with new york's attorney general. rattner has also agreed he will not do business with any new york pension fund for five years. you may recall rattner was once the obama administration's so- called "car czar" leading the auto industry bailout. >> tom: speaking of the auto industry, chrysler is recalling almost 150,000 cars and trucks. it's actually three separate recalls. in the largest, 65,000 dodge journey vehicles, all model year 2009, could have faulty wiring. 56,000 ram 1500 trucks, all model year 2011, have rear axles that could seize up. and more than 22,000 dodge rams from the last four model years could have steering problems. >> tom: a rising tide lifts all boats, or so americans hope. commentator todd buchholz thinks that's why the bush tax cuts were extended, even for the richest americans. todd is author of "lasting lessons from the corner office." >> i've got a puzzle for