these are the same guys that want to privatize social security. vice president reminded people if you d been a senior depending on that during the economic downturn you would have been devastated. he turned the whole $1 trillion recovery bill ryan has been running against right against him pointing out that, you know, paul ryan, himself, asked for money for projects for jobs in his district. when it came to the tax plan, all of us know a couple weeks ago paul ryan said he needed more time to get out the facts. tonight he was very clear, they don t have any facts and they want the american people to trust them. when this is a ticket, the romney/ryan ticket, that won t even show the american people the governor s tax returns for the last ten years, we d like to know all the tax breaks he benefited from. and the one thing we know about the romney/ryan tax plan is the one preference they would keep is the one that helps mitt romney keep his effective tax rate lower than everybody else. mor
is the one that helps mitt romney keep his effective tax rate lower than everybody else. mortgage interest deduction, health deduction, all the stuff that helps the middle class. hey, that s all on the table. the one they re taking off the table is the one that mitt romney helps mitt romney and people like him. congressman i thought it was a great night for the vice president and the country. congressman, chris matthews is right outside the building where you are now and wants to jump in and ask you a question here. chris? i m out here, congressman, with the band out here. let me think what you guys are going to do now with the democratic campaign committee and the campaign of the presidents. it seems to me what happened tonight is what i thought you were going to try to do, separate the ideology of the vice presidential candidate on the republican side from the new pragmatism and supposed moderation of the presidential candidate of the republican side. on the abortion issue,
to put i agree. he s also willing to raise taxes. go back to the old rates and let the bush tax cuts expire, which would bring more money into the treasury. but no one talks about how much money that would actually be. do you know? yes, i know. it would be for the top rates, it s over a trillion dollars. so it would help. it would help a lot but we need to let them expire for everybody. that s $2.5 trillion. there s a trillion dollars worth of loopholes easy. cut the rates, give everybody a big tax rate and they ought to be paying their fair share. $200 billion is due to capital gains and other investment preferences. how do you think mitt romney got a 14.9% tax rate. are they going to get rid of the health deduction for employer plans and so forth? are they going to get rid of retirement deductions?
would bring more money into the treasury. but no one talks about how much money that would actually be. do you know? yes, i know. it would be for the top rates, it s over a trillion dollars. so it would help. it would help a lot but we need to let them expire for everybody. that s $2.5 trillion. there s a trillion dollars worth of loopholes easy. cut the rates, give everybody a big tax rate and they ought to be paying their fair share. $200 billion is due to capital gains and other investment preferences. how do you think mitt romney got a 14.9% tax rate. are they going to get rid of the health deduction for employer plans and so forth? are they going to get rid of retirement deductions? are they going to get rid of state and local tax exemptions? the the answer to those questions is probably not because the people don t want it.
i agree. he s also willing to raise taxes. go back to the old rates and let the bush tax cuts expire, which would bring more money into the treasury. but no one talks about how much money that would actually be. do you know? yes, i know. it would be for the top rates, it s over a trillion dollars. so it would help. it would help a lot but we need to let them expire for everybody. that s $2.5 trillion. there s a trillion dollars worth of loopholes easy. cut the rates, give everybody a big tax rate and they ought to be paying their fair share. $200 billion is due to capital gains and other investment preferences. how do you think mitt romney got a 14.9% tax rate. are they going to get rid of the health deduction for employer plans and so forth? are they going to get rid of retirement deductions? are they going to get rid of