good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, tax war. two respected experts wrote an op-ed that the obama campaign immediately seized on temperature pfs enough to prompt them to send this e-mail to their troops, subject line romney s role in tax shelter raises questions. the reason? the op-ed written by two experts who recently wrote another article critical of romney s personal tax strategies says since romney refuses to release his tax returns, his views on taxes are revealed by what did he while on the audit committee of marriott corporation. i ll explain what happened, but first let s just layout the key accusation. the authors say, quote, a key troubling public manifestation of romney s apparent incense different to tax obligations is his role in marriott international s abusive tax shelter activity. so does thei incense different, translation, lack of ethics, add up? romney was chief for a while from 1993 to 1998. in that role, would he would han respons
he said he would release his own for the last three years on the very day kennedy turned over his taxes for public scrutiny. so, that was the gig, right? i will release my tax returns but only when my opponent releases his. mitt romney lost to ted kennedy in the senate race. mr. romney s opponent, the senator, never released his tax returns, and so neither did mitt romney. but when he ran for office the next time, in 2002, when he ran for massachusetts governor, his opponent in the race did release her tax returns. in fact, all of the democrats vying to run against him released their tax returns even before they had picked their democratic nominee. robert reach and shannon o brien, they all released multiple years of their tax returns. and remember, in 94, mr. romney said if my opponent releases tax returns, i will, too, that very day. but in 2002, when his opponent released tax returns, mr. romney wouldn t do it. he wouldn t release his. what changed?
without releasing his own. sure, he would. he said he would release his own for the last three years on the very day kennedy turned over his taxes for public scrutiny. i will release my tax returns but only when my opponent releases his. mitt romney lost to ted kennedy in the senate race. mr. romney s aponeabout, the senator, next released his tax returns so neither did romney. but when he ran for office the next time, in 2002, when he ran for massachusetts governor, his opponent in the race did release her tax returns. in fact, all of the democrats running against him released their tax returns even before they picked their democratic nominee. robert reach and shannon o brien, they all released multiple years of their tax returns. and remember, in 94, mr. romney said if my opponent releases tax returns, i will, too, that very day. but in 2002, when his opponent released tax returns, mr. romney wouldn t do it. he wouldn t release his.
today because he will rubber stamp the congressional aagai . give huge tax cuts for the wealthy. they believe the economy works best from the top down. governor romney wouldn t reduce the deficit. every independent economist that looked at his plan says he would add to the diving for cover sit and allow infrastructure to deer toor rate more. this is not a recipe for growing the economy. that is the stark choice. chris: is the president s agenda because i did not hear anything new in ohio. is the president s agenda for the next four years more of the same? what is is what this country needs to do which is reduce the deficit in the right way. fair and balanced way. chris: i like the fact that you keep saying fair and balanceed. it is the right way. this president signed into law by the way almost $2 trillion in spending cuts. we have to focus on what is g going to grow the economy for the middle class and that is o going to be continuing to focus on the manufacturing. chris: bu
today because he will rubber stamp the congressional aagai . give huge tax cuts for the wealthy. they believe the economy works best from the top down. governor romney wouldn t reduce the deficit. every independent economist that looked at his plan says he would add to the diving for cover sit and allow infrastructure to deer toor rate more. this is not a recipe for growing the economy. that is the stark choice. chris: is the president s agenda because i did not hear anything new in ohio. is the president s agenda for the next four years more of the same? what is is what this country needs to do which is reduce the deficit in the right way. fair and balanced way. chris: i like the fact that you keep saying fair and balanceed. it is the right way. this president signed into law by the way almost $2 trillion in spending cuts. we have to focus on what is g going to grow the economy for the middle class and that is o going to be continuing to focus on the manufacturing. chris: bu