neighbors. they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in federal income tax. they are elderly people living on social security, veterans and people fighting in afghanistan right now who are, quote, not paying any tacks. i have had it up to hear with that notion of 47%. it's about time to take responsibility. instead of signing pledges to grover norquist, not to ask the wealthiest amongitous contribute to bring back the middle class, they should be signing a pledge to the middle class saying, we are going to level the playing field and fif you a fair shot again. we are not going to repeat the mig mistakes of the past, having a different set of rules for wall street and main street, making sure that we continue to hemorrhage the tax cuts for the super wealthy. they are pushing the continuation of a tax cut that will give an additional $500 billion in tax cuts to 120,000 families. and they're holding hostage, the