toppling massive boats the size of cruise ships. and as other experts told us, this is not just because of the power of the surge, of the tsunami surge, but also the current that s generated by a tsunami. so powerful, that it can topple a cruise ship and just lay it on its side as if it s some tonka toy. and you re seeing cars roll through the water. it s disturbing to watch the video. because while we have not gotten information in, and we have not gotten reports of the possible injuries or loss of life, you look at this video, and your heart just goes out to this community, to people that have family members in this community, to people that, you know, have been there and know it. because this is not just something we re going to be talking about on a friday morning as a news event. this is going to be something that significantly changes the
reporter: in fact, last night a white house official confirmed to cnn that after vilsack made his decision monday, president obama was briefed on it, fully supported the secretary s demand for sherrod s resignation. so here we have another story about how unforgiving washington can be. but as you know, the last part of this story, john, kiran, is that vilsack apparently is considering going ahead and reconsidering this, getting all the information in, which probably is a thing that should have happened at the first place. back to you. it also appears to be, at least on the surface, another example of how something totally out of context put out there on the internet can ruin somebody s life. yeah. well that s absolutely right. you have to watch out for that and you have to vet it a little bit. i think we all do it in this business. there s a lot of great stuff that happens on the internet. a lot of really good bloggers. but there s also bad information
to, say, an advertiser. carter, any conclusions here about how we should behave online? i think, really, being aware of the fact that any actions you take online, you know, can have unintended privacy consequences. and so, again, it s this awareness that we think is really important. but you re not advocating that people don t put information in, you re saying they should know what it is. i mean, i think it s going to be up to each person s own decision. i think disconnecting yourself entirely from technology is going to have its own consequences, just as well as connecting yourself with technology has consequences. and so, you know, full disclosure and being fully aware is definitely a very good first step. great study, guys. we were chopping off little bits of this technology, privacy issue to understand it better. thanks for helping us. byron mystery is one of the coauthors and the other carter jurnegan. thanks for joining us, guys. back to health care for a
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they need. those are two big taxes that you re going to need to pay for. they buy more insurance with it as opposed to using that saving. that s an interesting fact. while the tax is on insurance companies, the general belief is that will get passed on passed down, exactly. thank you very much. poppy harlow, anchor with cnn money.com. it s full of information about this. let s go to mark zandi, the chief economist. let s talk about this for a second. the extra taxes hit what we largely believe is the top 5% of earners, or top 5% of families. that s always been in the in president obama s sights ever since he was campaigning. he said 95% of americans won t see increases in taxes. the top 5% will. for now he s just keeping his promise. yeah. that s exactly right. that s where the money is. so if you want to generate revenue, that s where you have to increase taxes. they hit very high-income,