corporations incorporated in the cayman islands. what s so remarkable to me about the story is the embarrassment here isn t personal. the embarrassment is about what this says about how the entire system functions. this is how the system functions. we no longer have the ability in this country to really tax people at the top. that s the existential statement about the strength of the american state. can you actually tax the wealthiest people in your society? if you can t, like greece couldn t, we see how that goes. societies that are in decline or low on the development index have a very hard time extracting money, taxing money from the elites in their society. and that is a direction which we are headed and that is what is represented in the mitt romney tax return. that s a brilliant observation about what s going on here and what s at stake. alex, do you think that given the romney campaign s tax policy and republicans tax policy in general, that what chris just
rick gomes ever broke his word. okay, all right, that s fair enough. listen, all i m going to tell you is this. this isn t personal. i know you might think it is because you get angry. no one wants to do this. no one wanted to do this. but we need you to comply with the rules and regulations. can i get a drink of water. we ll get you out of the chair first. and we ll see what we can do. is that fair? okay. in addition to that, you understand that after being removed from the chair, if you urinate out of your cell door, spit on the window, activate a sprinkler head or tend to harm yourself, you know where you re going to go. i m all done. where are you going to go, back in the restraint chair. i need you to acknowledge that. yes, sir. you re not going to do any of those things? no, sir. okay. inside here i only fight with the correctional officers. i call it their house. it should be our house. we sleep here 24/7. back in the old days, the inmates ran the jails. thes
i told you i d stop this [ bleep ]. i d give my word. okay. nobody in this jail can say rick gomes ever broke his word. okay, all right, that s fair enough. all i m going to tell you this. this isn t personal. i know you might think it is because you get angry. no one wants to do this, no one wanted you to do this. we need you to comply with the rules and regulation. can i get a drink of water. let s see about getting you out of the chair first and we ll see what we can do. in addition to that, after being removed from the chair if you urinate out of your cell door, spit on the window, activate a sprinkler head, attempt to harm yourself, you know where you re going to go. i m all done. where are you going to go, back in the restraining chair. i need you to acknowledge that. yes, sir. and you re not going to do any of those things? no, sir. inside here i only fight with the correctional officers. they call it their house. it should be our house. we sleep here 24/
debate we should be having, which is what is the purpose of government. now before lunch today, john boehner tried to make it very clear, look, whatever happens here, it isn t personal. i have no problem with president obama. let s listen to that. it s not a personal issue. the president, as you well know, we get along fine. but he has issues with what i believe in. i have issues with what he believes in. so they ve got some issues. just not personal. everything is fine. i do think john boehner and president obama share a certain amount of respect for one another. and this is very well poll tested. americans like president obama. even people who don t want to vote for him like him. so it s not a good talking point to attack the man personally. it s better to undercut him on every single policy ever. alex wagner and msnbc political analyst richard wolffe, thank you very much. thanks for joining me. thanks, lawrence. coming up, the competition to be mitt romney s running
clear, look, whatever happens here, it isn t personal. i have no problem with president obama. let s listen to that. it s not a personal issue. the president, as you well know, we get along fine. but he has issues with what i believe in. i have issues with what he believes in. so they ve got some issues. just not personal. everything is fine. i do think john boehner and president obama share a certain amount of respect for one another. and this is very well poll tested. americans like president obama. even people who don t want to vote for him like him. so it s not a good talking point to attack the man personally. it s better to undercut him on ifr single policy ever. alex wagner and msnbc political analyst richard wolffe, thank you very much. thanks for joining me. thanks, lawrence. coming up, the competition to be mitt romney s running mate has become a battle of the boring white guys. and later, we will see if the auto tune guys can make