getting their money in salary, not in earnings from investments, which are taxed at a lower rate. so those folks are the folks who will look at a 13% rate and say boy, i wish i could get to that. do we fault mitt romney for whatever the rate he s paying so long as he s paying it lawfully. legally, morally, ethically? if we have a beef over this rate he s paying, isn t it better at the tax code and those responsible for drawing it? well, yeah. i think you make a good point. he s probably doing things legally. we haven t seen anything to indicate that he wasn t. but we don t entirely know. and the extent to which he s using these offshore accounts could contribute to this lower tax rate. there are lots of things he could be doing that if the american people new about them, they re not illegal, but they would make you a little bit squeamish. i do have a to say, the last poll i saw said 63% of americans want to see more tax returns. and finally every time he opens his mouth to talk abo
which he was strenuously criticized during the campaign. he was called nooif and worse when during the course of the campaign and i know it because he said it to me on at least three occasions, that he was willing to take that shot even if were in pakistan. they thought that was mistaken. we agree and have never said he should not have full credit. so, your criticism then is that this whole mission has become politicized because of the leak of information. isn t that 20 some minute video that i watched the other night politicizing this operation? no, i mean, if you look at the whole video, we go through a lot of the points. we give the president a lot of credit, but i think one of the pointse try to highlight, if you look at some of the prior wartime presidents, lincoln, eisenhower, they only gave credit to the troops and that s what we were trying to highlight in the video.
although they paid payroll taxes on top of that. most people are paying a lower rate. but there are a lot of high income people who earn a lot of money in salary who are paying much higher tax rates than he paid because they re getting their money in salary, not in earnings from investments. which are taxed at a lower rate. so those folks are the folks who will look at a 13% rate and say boy, i wish i could get to that. do we fault mitt romney for whatever the rate he s paying so long as he s paying it lawfully. if we have beef over this isn t it better at the tax code and those responsible for drawing it? well, yeah. i think you make a good point. he s probably doing things legally. we haven t seen anything to indicate that he wasn t. but we don t entirely know. and the extent to which he s using these offshore accounts could contribute to this lower tax rate. if the american people knew about them, they re not illegal.
about 5.6% than an effective rate, although they also paid payroll taxes, so most americans are paying a lower rate than mitt romney paid, but the problem for mitt romney is that there are a lot of high income people who earn a lot in salary paying much high eer tax rates because they re getting their money in salary, not earnings from investments. so those folks are the foclks ae the ones who look at a 13% rate and say boy, i wish i could get to that. so long as he s paying lawfully, in order, if we have a beef, isn t our consternation better directed at the tax code? he s probably doing things legally, we haven t seen anything to indicate he wasn t, but we don t entirely know and the extent to which he s using these accounts could contribute
for medicare. and now, we learn that the anti stimulus crusader ryan asked for stimulus money for two companies. that s something he s denied, but yesterday was forced to concede the bottom point. bottom line is the veep pick working? also, mitt romney claims he paid at least 13% in taxes each of the past five years. democrats say prove it. consider this. you probably make a lot less than romney and paid a lot more than 13% and this fight isn t going away. plus, is it swift voting 2012 style? a group of navy s.e.a.l.s is trying to deny president obama and paul ryan has always been a disciple of iran. so why is he suddening running in the other direction? and let me finish with pennsylvania s last chance to hold a fair presidential election. we begin with whether mitt romney s choice of paul ryan is working. ed rendell was governor of