think if mitt romney proposes to be president of the united states and lead us through tax reform shouldn t the american people understand the offwho offshoring and outsourcing and tax havens he takes advantage of in his tax returns and understand how those values would govern the tax reform decisions he might take as president. i tell you what is really stunning chris is mitt romney is a highly educated plan and he has made a decision that what is in the tax returns is far more damaging to him than to do whateverry pressial candidate has done which is show the american people your finances. he clearly decided it is far too damaging. chris: if the president is so interested in transparently as you indicate why is it that he has held one news conference at the white house this year and that was back in march, more than five months ago and why is it that he refused to
to release the tax returns because you know it will be at least a distraction if not an attack point for democrats. october 15 is the deadline for the irs on an extension. we have said as soon as they are ready we are going to release them and i believe they will be ready before that. chris: the friday after the democratic convention? i m not sure when they will be ready. that is up to certified public accountants not me. the president went after the romney ryan tax plan which he said would cut taxes on the wealthy and raise taxes on the middle class. let s listen. his new running mate congressman ryan, he put forward he put forward a plan that would let governor romney pay less than 1% in taxes each year. now, and here is the kicker. he expects you to pick up the tab. chris: now, the obama campaign says that under the
to release the tax returns because you know it will be at least a distraction if not an attack point for democrats. october 15 is the deadline for the irs on an extension. we have said as soon as they are ready we are going to release them and i believe they will be ready before that. chris: the friday after the democratic convention? i m not sure when they will be ready. that is up to certified public accountants not me. the president went after the romney ryan tax plan which he said would cut taxes on the wealthy and raise taxes on the middle class. let s listen. his new running mate congressman ryan, he put forward he put forward a plan that would let governor romney pay less than 1% in taxes each year. now, and here is the kicker. he expects you to pick up the tab. chris: now, the obama campaign says that under the
in 2002, from his point of view, he did have to admit that there was this sort of discrepancy in residency, but it got cleared up in his favor. he cleared it up, and he ended up not releasing the actual taxes. and i think he figures he can get away with that again. today, the paul ryan side of the ticket released two years of tax returns. it showed him making less money than mitt romney but paying more in taxes. i wonder if that might sort of be a foreshadowing about the kinds of troublesome questions we would be asking if we did see more. i think so. there s an ad runing in battleground states now, i know, because it s running in virginia. that the obama campaign just put up about the 14% rate that romney paid last year and essentially saying, gee, the romney/ryan tax plan is he pays less, you pay more. i think we re going to hear that a lot. eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist, and a good sport for being here with us on a friday night. thanks a lot. great to be
was this sort of discrepancy in residency, but it got cleared up in his favor. he cleared it up, and he ended up not releasing the actual taxes. and i think he figures he can get away with that again. today, the paul ryan side of the ticket released two years of tax returns. it showed him making less money than mitt romney but paying more in taxes. i wonder if that might sort of be a foreshadowing about the kinds of troublesome questions we would be asking if we did see more. i think so. there s an ad runing in battleground states now, i know, because it s running in virginia. that the obama campaign just put up about the 14% rate that romney paid last year and essentially saying, gee, the romney/ryan tax plan is he pays less, you pay more. i think we re going to hear that a lot. eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist, and a