that, the idea that mitt romney went ten years without paying any taxes has not become a major story until sean hannity unwittingly did the obama campaign this huge favor. do you have any response to harry reid or even paid attention to what he s saying about you the last couple of days and that you haven t paid taxes in ten years? well, it s time for harry to put up or shut up. have you noticed something about mitt romney s laugh? have you noticed when he does it? well, let s put it this way. you ask him a question about his secret tax returns and he laughs. you have refused to release your income tax forms. do you have something to hide? i believe very deeply in my personal privacy, what little about is left. i m not going to release my income tax returns. back in 1967, your father set a ground breaking, what was then a ground breaking standard in american politics.
himself in. he told the country two years of tax returns, that s all you re going to get. there s an arrogance to that, don t you think? just like rom nay told andrea mitchell last year he wasn t considering releasing any returns. and with regards to my tax returns, why, time will tell. that s not something i m planning today, but never say never. but if you were president, it s not that hard to make a commitment, if you re elected president of the united states, you would release the tax returns. every president does. if i become president, then i ll consider that. it s a little premature for me to be talking about that at this stage. is there some secret? people know you re wethy? i understand. there s nothing to hide. i agree, nothing to hide. will romney give into the pressure again? it took boos from a republican debate crowd to change his mind before. in 1967, your father set what was then a ground breaking standard in american politics. he released his tax retu
just like romney told andrea mitchell last year he wasn t considering releasing any returns. and with regards to my tax returns, why, time will tell. that s not something i m planning today, but never say never. but if you were president, it s not that hard to make a commitment, if you re elected president of the united states, you would release the tax returns. every president does. if i become president, then i ll consider that. it s a little premature for me to be talking about that at this stage. is there some secret? people know you re wealthy? i understand. there s nothing to hide. i agree, nothing to hide. will romney give into the pressure again? it took boos from a republican debate crowd to change his mind before. in 1967, your father set what was then a ground breaking standard in american politics. he released his tax returns, not for one year but for 12 years. he said one year could be a fluke. perhaps done for show.
but paid a loet lower tax rate than many middle class familied. why done he release the 23 years of tax returns? your father set a ground breaking standard. one year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show. when you release yours, will you follow your father s example? maybe. congressman, those are the democratic ads that are airing today. how is mitt romney going to respo respond? why not put it all out there. he s dpooing what s prescrib by law. he s doing what mccain and kerry did as they ran for president. try to be a distraction from the president s failed policies. this will come and go swiftly. i don t think people much care. he s been very successful. we know that. he s been very blessed, we know that. again, i think we re just going to focus on what is most important to this country, and that is people s individual taxes and what s go on in their
his wealth. i like being able to fire me people who provide services to me. corporations are people, my friend. rick, ten thousand bucks. $10,000 bet? i m not in the betting business. oh, okay. back in 1967, your father set a ground breaking standard in american politics. he released his tax returns. he released them for not one year, but for 12 years. when he did that, he said this, one year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show when you release yours, will you follow your father s example? maybe. you know, i don t know how many years i ll release. i ll look at what our documents are. this campaign has been a real test for mitt romney. after all of that, what is the state of mitt romney s core argument? his core argument why he s running, economy is bad,