breaking news on the end of the war in afghanistan, john soltz of vote vets is here. the director of the fracking documentary gas land returned to capitol hill to film a hearing. republicans objected and the film maker arrested. this is a public hearing, i m within my first amendment rights. tonight, josh fox is here for an exclusive interview.
interest, today rupert murdoch said romney s tax uses as long term legal loophole, carried interest. makes all fund managers rich. time both parties stop selling out to wall street. what do you think about that? well, i think that if i were a wall street executive or hedge fund manager, i would be worried about romney running. once ordinary americans sitting around the kitchen table understand this, and that what is my column at reuters will be about tomorrow, once they understand this and how this game is rigged, far worse than they ever have been told, there will be public pressure to end this practice of pay now, pay your taxes years later. jon, your group, vote vets, has a petition to get romney to release his tax returns. why is this an important issue for vote vets? well look, he s running for commander in chief and it s no surprise you can go in any army times and military times article
romney s tax uses a long term legal loophole carried interest makes all fund managers rich. it s time both parties stop selling out wall street. what do you think about that? if i were in wall street executive, i would be worried about romney running because once ordinary americans sitting around the kitchen table understand this, and that is what my column will be about tomorrow. once they understand is and how this game is rigged far worse than they have ever been told, there will be public pressure to end this practice of paying now, pay your taxes years later. john, your group has a petition to get ronny to release his tax returns. why is this an important issue for a vote vets? he is running for commander in chief. you can go into military times to see what the military pay scale says. when we are in iraq or afghanistan, we have a
to the average joe or to the combat soldier, or to retired veterans, but you see anything that could disqualify him in your opinion? i can t see these things. i have no idea, but it s te vets we released a poll, we looked at veterans messages in battle ground states, this is the issue that popped. wasn t veterans talking to veterans, the issues in places like ohio, montana, republican men and independent men, these people are appalled to find out the wealthiest 1% is in the lower tax bracket based on the capital gains structure than people that spent 20 years fighting for the country. it s an achilles heel. david cay, is there anything he can do between now and the date he will release these returns? i guess the middle of april, that might soften the blow a little bit or it s just done?
is legal, it may not seem fair to the average joe or to the combat soldier, or to retired veterans, but you see anything that could disqualify him in your opinion? i can t see these things. i have no idea, but it s perception is reality, and at vote vets we released a poll, we looked at veterans messages in battle ground states, this is the issue that popped. wasn t veterans talking to veterans, the issues in places like ohio, montana, republican men and independent men, these people are appalled to find out the wealthiest 1% is in the lower tax bracket based on the capital gains structure than people that spent 20 years fighting for the country. it s an achilles heel. david cay, is there anything he can do between now and the date he will release these returns? i guess the middle of april, that might soften the blow a