and guess what? that s a higher rate than mr. romney paid. and those other people in the pie who aren t paying income taxes, they re elderly, they re student, they re people with disabilities, they re disabled veterans, they re the long-term unemployment, down on their luck because of the bush recession. these are the people who romney says don t take personal responsibility? that sort of talk is just ugly. joining me now is margie and anne lowry, economy reporter for the new york times. she s writing about this today on times economix blog. thank you for being with me this evening. anne, let s break down the facts. this 47% figure romney cites ignores the facts that most americans are contributing.
0 spending and taxes. he wants to ban abortion rights and same-sex marriage and legalize the largest gun magazines a human being can carry. oh, yeah, he wants to kiss off anyone in the bottom half of the american income stream as long as it butters up the top. there is of course one powerful significant alternative interpretation. it is that what mitt romney said about the haves and what he considers the moochers is exactly what he thinks. and that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. politicsnation with al sharpton starts right now. thanks, chris. thanks to you for tuning in. tonight s lead no apology. more fallout from the secret romney tapes and his campaign scrambles to contain the damage from even new revelations from that undercover video. the tapes show his stunning true feelings about nearly half of the american people. late today, a defiant romney went on fox news to defend his views. huffington post . he did some of the first reporting on the secret tapes and
went on fox news to defend his views. i recognize that those people who are not paying income tax are going to say, gosh, this provision mitt keeps talking about, lowering income taxes that s not going to be real attractive to them and those dependent on government and those that think government s job is to redistribute, i m not going to get them. i know there s a divide in the country about that view. i know some believe that government should take from some to give to the others. i think the president makes it clear in the tape that was released today that that s what he believes. i think that s an entirely foreign concept. the president s foreign approach to governing? this is his response to this crisis, roiling his campaign? he s talking about dependency and redistributing wealth. more of the same ugly rhetoric that came out in the video at a closed door big bucks fund-raiser back in may. 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. all right.