dump, romney s tax dodges and what it all means for the election we re joined by deborah sullivan, report are for bloomberg and john cassidy a writer for the new yorker. deborah, let me begin with you here. why does it matter, why should we care what s in the bain documents, what s in romney s tax returns? i mean at this point they say we ve given you two years, isn t that sufficient? why should we be trying to piece it together? i think it matters for a few reasons. first of all, he s had an op-ed saying bain is the reason he would be a great commander in chief. what the documents made clear is yes, he s made a lot of money as a successful businessman but he invested in the private equity funds not open to ordinary investors and ordinary americans. and he d used these funds have used some pretty shady tax-dodging schemes to avoid paying income taxes. one of the funds says specifically the reason it was set up was to avoid paying income taxes in the u.s. that flies in the face of w
dump, romney s taxes and more, we are joined by debra and john cassidy. debra, why should we care what s in the bain documents and romney s tax returns. we have given you two years, why should that be sufficient? why should we piece this together? first off, he had an op-ed saying bain is the reason he would be a great commander in chief. what the documents made clear is yes, he s made a lot of money as a successful businessman but he invested in the private equity funds not open to ordinary investors and ordinary americans. these funds have used some pretty shady tax-dodging schemes to avoid paying tax returns. the reason one was set up was to avoid paying taxes in the u.s. that flies in the face of why he said previously this is what was
two years, isn t that sufficient? why should we be trying to piece it together? for a few reasons. first of all, he s running on his record as bain. he had an op-ed in the wall street journal says bain is the reason he would be a great commander in chief. and what these documents make clear that, yes, he s made a lot of money, a successful businessman, but he s also invested in these pirate equity funds not open to ordinary investors and ordinary americans and these funds have used some shady tax-dodging schemes to avoid paying income taxes. one of the funds said specifically the reason it was set up was to avoid paying income taxes in the u.s. and that flies from the face of what he said previously. excuse me, i m sorry, u.s. congressman todd akin is about to hold his first news conference since his remarks about abortion, pregnancy, and legitimate rape. we re going to go live.
deborah, let me begin with you here. why does it matter? why should we care what s in the bain documents? what s in romney s tax returns? at this point, we ve given you two years, isn t that sufficient? why should we be trying to piece it together? for a few reasons. first of all, he s running on his record as bain. he had an op-ed in the wall street journal says bain is the reason he would be a great commander in chief. and what these documents make clear that, yes, he s made a lot of money, a successful businessman, but he s also invested in these pirate equity funds not open to ordinary investors and ordinary americans and these funds have used some shady tax-dodging schemes to avoid paying income taxes. one of the funds said specifically the reason it was set up was to avoid paying income taxes in the u.s. and that flies from the face of what he said previously. when he said why these things were going to be up. we re going to john cassidy of the new yorker who will tell me w