youssif s father returned to the cnn bureau four times before a producer, mohammed, had time to see him. for his safety, we aren t showing his face, either. he showed me the first picture of youssif before the incident, and that smile, i couldn t help myself but to cry. i said, oh, my god, this is your son before the incident. i run with this picture to arwa and arwa also was like in the middle of something busy. i said, arwa, leave everything, look to this picture. and for us, that was it. we were going to do this story, if only for the sole reason of trying to get this kid help. i was actually really nervous the day before the story went out on tv and then we did a web version of it. i sensed, i thought there would be some sort of a reaction but i didn t know if it would be enough to actually get the
kid help out. it s the difference between prying health insurance or not. they are not inconsequential decisions about raising taxes in that bracket. that s fascinating what you just said. a lot of people on the left will say let s get the rich people. again, i supported cuts in capital gains taxes, and i support cuts in the top marginal rate. not because i give a damn about the rich. i really don t. the rich can take care of themselves. i care about the people out of work. i care about the working class, and, mike, that seems to be the disconnect. we ll stick it to the top income earners, screw them. what they are doing is hurting people that are out of work right now. what s interesting, whenever anybody on either side of the spectrum talks about taxes it comes down to demagoguery on the left, dem going tory on the right, we re talking about reforming the tax system for 50, 60 years. it s never been done. to nicolle s points, to reform