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Mater. polled the top degrees from there and then the unemployment rate. number one, architecture. the degrees from georgetown university, 13.9% unemployment rate. is this not related to the housing rate? >> of course. >> something to do with the state of the current economy. >> of course. >> however, if you move on, there are some other soft degrees. >> philosophy. >> fine arts, for example. 12.6% unemployment. and information systems. i dont believe at all. >> i want to do this. this is what i...

>> georgetown university went out and polled -- her alma mater. polled the top degrees from there and then the unemployment rate. number one, architecture. the degrees from georgetown university, 13.9% unemployment rate. is this not related to the housing rate? >> of course. >> something to do with the state of the current economy. >> of course. >> however, if you move on, there are some other soft degrees. >> philosophy. >> fine arts, for example. 12.6% unemployment. and information systems. i ...

Teacher actually works without him, and pays 20 or 30% tax. where as somebody who is earning the money from capital gains, which is assets that they may have worked four years ago, is paying 13.9%. that strikes people as unfair. what the are saying is that we should at least have a fair share of taxes being paid. and there is just no conscious -- megyn: weapon? >> was a fair share for them? >> it should be the tax rates of the reagan administration, which is basically a little higher than what p...

Income and earn income. megyn: why demonize the rich? the mortgage meltdown was a nightmare. but why demonize all of the rich? >> i hope to be rich one day. i aspire to. i would love to be a billionaire. i think people have admiration for the ones who follow the rules and who actually earn what they may. but when someone basically sits on their assets and gets 13.9% of the tax rate, i think that frustrates people. megyn: but that is legal. are you saying its morally wrong? [talking over each oth...

Still trying to pounce on the details of this. the numbers show they paid roughly $2 million in federal taxes, mitt and ann romney did in 2011 on total income of nearly $14 million for a total tax rate of roughly 14.1%, compare that to about 13.9% that the romneys paid in 2010 to give you a sense the average middle class family pays roughly 13%. average middle class family making between roughly 50 and $75,000 a year. the romney campaign all week has tried to reset, to go after the president. mo...

>> in 2010 governor romney had an adjusted gross income of $21.6 million, yet paid only $3 million in federal income tax or 13.9%. without the preferential investor tax code, romney would have paid $7.56 million, a government subsidy of $4.5 million. [ male announcer ] you like who you are... and you learned something along the way. this is the age of knowing what youre made of. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask i...

Increases hidden in there for some people making very little because the stimulus tax breaks retire. he says he wont touch any medicare or social security benefits for the current generation of retirees. so hes saying essentially he wants to keep this status quo exactly as it is. one other thing on this, this trick that has been played in the tax conversation where we keep saying federal income taxes, federal income taxes are the part of the tax code that is progressive. theyre the part of the t...

Wants to keep this status quo exactly as it is. one other thing on this, this trick that has been played in the tax conversation where we keep saying federal income taxes, federal income taxes are the part of the tax code that is progressive. theyre the part of the tax code that tends to focus in on the richer, on richer americans. payroll taxes are also federal taxes -- >> regresses ive. >> and theyre more regresses ive. people dont pay them above $100,000. if you pay -- >> give me an xampbl ex...

Military of the size -- expansive size and power of the united states military thats quite frightening. i dont think hes doing so well on foreign policy bona fides right now. >> even just to tag team with the professor -- >> please. >> -- if you have mitt romney not mentioning the troops when we have nearly 80,000 troops in iraq and at the same time his tax plan would protect the carried interest loophole for private equity mavens, which is something hes benefited from and why his taxes have bee...

Had a breakdown of the tax rate that average households make. households making between $30,000 and $45,000 pay 12.5% rate. households making between $45,000 and $92,000 pay a 15.7% rate. look in the middle, governor romney, who made $21.6 million in 2010, right in the middle. 13.9%. >> you dont need multi-year returns to know that to most people, who have to get a salary to earn a living, that something is not fair. theres no equity in the tax system where a multimillionaire pays a lesser rate ...