surpri suppose he didn t pay any taxes. do you think that s going to be something he s going to be able to defend? absolutely because unless he did it illegally, he play eed b the rules everybody else played by. it s going to be embarrassing add hell, but if he didn t cheat, he isn t a cheater. what is cheating is the tax code. i just got a disagree. the voter out there that both candidates are looking for is a working class guy and woman out there that doesn t make a ton of money. all they got is what they live on. these people are saying i m losing my job, the plant s closing down. this is the kind of guy who sits in the front office with a nice suit on and he did it to me. all of which is true. i don t think people take it that, they personalize it that they look at romney and go, you did this to me.
case? can he say i want a cleaner fairer tax system if i ve been exploiting every damn loophole i can find? sure. of course he can. he can turn this around in a heart beat. a prominent republican today said he should go elliot ness on wall street. let me give you the worst case. i always assume. mooi dal you ve been in politics. you know if it is better than it looks they ll tell you. if it is better than it looks. it looks bad, he s hiding something. suppose he s hiding the fact for several years he didn t pay any taxes. suppose he s saying a lot has squirrelled away in swirtser land or in islands somewhere. do you think that s going to be something he s going to be able to defend? absolutely. because unless he did it illegally, he played by the rules that everyone else in the country has played by. i disagree. it s going to be embarrassing at hell. but if he didn t cheat, he isn t a cheater. what is cheating what a class
was 50 years ago. you go back 50 years the difference between middle-class person and rich person and stuff they bout bought with their money was a lot different an middle-class person and even bill gates. john: appointee poor people have access to cars, cellphones and flush toilets even kings didn t have years ago. given that there is disparity that feels unfair. americans have always been, i think this is a good deal, have been willing to accept even large amounts of inequality throngs three things are present. one, that those at the top didn t cheat. either you are crazy person or the vast majority have cheated to get their money. it s the exception not the rule when it happens. we should go after it. number two is growth, those in inequality where it leads to
was 50 years ago. you go back 50 years the difference between middle-class person and rich person and stuff they bout bought with their money was a lot different an middle-class person and even bill gates. john: appointee poor people have access to cars, cellphones and flush toilets even kings didn t have years ago. given that there is disparity that feels unfair. americans have always been, i think this is a good deal, have been willing to accept even large amounts of inequality throngs three things are present. one, that those at the top didn t cheat. either you are crazy person or the vast majority have cheated to get their money. it s the exception not the rule when it happens. we should go after it. number two is growth, those in inequality where it leads to
middle-class person and even bill gates. john: appointee poor people have access to cars, cellphones and flush toilets even kings didn t have years ago. given that there is disparity that feels unfair. americans have always been, i think this is a good deal, have been willing to accept even large amounts of inequality throngs three things are present. one, that those at the top didn t cheat. either you are crazy person or the vast majority have cheated to get their money. it s the exception not the rule when it happens. we should go after it. number two is growth, those in inequality where it leads to more prosperity. over the last 30 years there is new evidence it led to more prosperity to everyone. history the book is closed on this. it does lead to more prosperity.