and their lives along the way in this economy? well, you look, it s an extremely important thing that the government attempts to do, we have transformed the middle class after the second world war, the gi bill, thanks to web and others we extended it to iraq war veterans and it wasn t equity, it was cash equity and the stipends so they could come back and go to school. but it was one of the great accomplishments post world war ii. every economist that looks at higher education will tell you that higher education is going to lift the standard of living and the earning capacity of every individual that goes to college. i would like to see more equity than debt.
what do you make of that statement? his answer has gotten no better. michael? i don t begrudge him for paying a 15% tax rate if that s appropriate for his earning capacity. and he certainly seems like a straight arrow. i would be shocked to find there s anything nefarious that goes on. but it fosters this narrative of mitt romney being the other. meaning not one of us. kind of ironic. so often the critics of the president try to portray him as not one of us. this exotic exotic background in roots and so forth. it reminds me of the wager, the attempt at a 10,000 bet. who in the world i always make wagers. it just furthers this caricature of mitt romney as just being a guy who as hard as he tries, he may wear the bass pro fishing
a penalty clause, for example, if you were to fool around some penalty would kick in. absent that, those things that were in their in nancy back in the 85 when they got married, absent that the premarital agreement would just govern the distribution of their assets. jeanine: and in terms of their assets, it appears that they kept them separate for some time. arnold, though, being worth far more than maria, is that correct? yes. that s what i understand. maria s worth tens of millions of dollars and so she might be looking at some temporary spouse support, certainly hefty child support. but she also has great earning capacity in her own right. any support i think that would be ordered for her would be short lived. jeanine: well, but i also think she s going to be entitled to a great deal of his money given the fact that a lot of this money was made during the course of their marriage and would be considered, i guess, joint assets.
premarital agreement. a penalty clause, for example, if you were to fool around some penalty would kick in. absent that, those things that were in their in nancy back in the 85 when they got married, absent that the premarital agreement would just govern the distribution of their assets. jeanine: and in terms of their assets, it appears that they kept them separate for some time. arnold, though, being worth far more than maria, is that correct? yes. that s what i understand. maria s worth tens of millions of dollars and so she might be looking at some temporary spouse support, certainly hefty child support. but she also has great earning capacity in her own right. any support i think that would be ordered for her would be short lived. jeanine: well, but i also think she s going to be entitled to a great deal of his money given the fact that a lot of this money was made during the course of their marriage and would be considered, i guess, joint assets.