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Moment in the campaign? >> yeah. that certainly is part of the problem, thomas. the other is, its not true what paul ryan said. romney wasnt being inarticulate. he was expressing a point of view in a kind of way the public doesnt see it is very unattractive and also a view that it is wrong and hypocrite call. the idea half of americans dont pay federal income taxes and that makes them entitled victims who feel dependent, its not true. those people all pay payroll taxes, most of them the social s...

Hate paying taxes crowd that gathered around the country is this idea half of the country doesnt pay taxes at all. 47% of people are free loaders. they dont pay taxes. can you explain where that number came from and what it really means? >> right. there are a couple -- there are two separate dodges in that number. one is that its a number about federal income tax. so that is one of about four or five taxes most of us pay. its interesting. it shows the bias of this conversation. for people who ma...