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Will you phfollow your father's example? >> maybe. i don't know how many years i'll release. i'll look at what the documents are. >> was there ever any year when you played lower than the 13.9%? >> i haven't calculated that. i'm happy to go back and look. >> let's listen to the rest of mitt romney's challenge to harry reid. >> well, it's time for harry to put up or shut up. harry's going to have to describe who it is he spoke with, because of course, that's totally and completely wrong. it's untrue, dishonest, and inaccurate. it's wrong. so i'm looking forward to having harry reveal his source...

Media on television about something he's going to tell them and then he never tells them. >> all right. so on the one hand it's perfectly fair to call mitt romney out for lying, which he technically did to abc news when he said he would go back and get them an answer if he ever paid below a 13.9% rate. he hasn't done it. that's not fair to abc news and that was the romney campaign's fault. the way it can be unfair, and i'm being honest about this, if you start speculating about reasons that he's not releasing the tax returns and people start listening to the speculation and taking it as fact a...

Most people but good for the rich people, that could be a political liability even in the best of times, but in bad economic times when the only people doing well are the already wealthy, being able to describe a candidate's tax plan like that is essentially a political shiv you can use against them. the twist to that knife is the personal part of it. this is to new development in the campaign. beyond the question of whether mr. romney's proposals will help wealthy people like him essentially as a class, there is also now the specific personal question of how much his economic plan would help ...

>> happy to go back and look. that was this past sunday on abc. there has still been no word from mr. romney on whether he went back and looked. >> abc news reached out to the campaign today after romney's answer. a spokesperson would only reiterate, mitt romney has paid his taxes in full compliance with u.s. law and has paid 100% of what he has owed. >> still no answer. that was monday on abc. two days later on wednesday, mr. romney still apparently has not given them the information that he said he was going to give them. remember, when he said he was happy to go back and look, the question ...

Than are legally due, i don't think i would be qualified to become president. >> if i don't hustle and exploit you for all i can get you for, i don't deserve to be in the oval office. mitt romney says he doesn't recall if he ever paid less than 13.9% tax rate. of course, we have to take romney at his word since he's only released two years of tax returns. now, senate majority leader harry reid said he knows why he's keeping the tax returns locked up. reid tells the huffington post about a month ago, a bain capital investor called the office a month ago, he said, harry, he didn't pay any taxes ...