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This election is all about policy. whether the economy, immigrat n immigration, women's rights. do we want the failed ideas of the last four years or the mystery prize inside the handsome box? now, folks, what will it be? >> we told you at the top of the show that mitt romney said yesterday that he has paid at least 13% in income taxes for the past ten years. romney's tax history has been highly scrutinized with harry reid even suggesting that mitt romney might not have paid any taxes at all. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that according to the congressional budget office,...

. in just a moment now what we didn't know now that we knew last week. first my book "twilights of the retailers. this wednesday i'll be appearing at the common good here in new york to diss it. check out the twilights of the elites facebook page or "up" on msnbc.com for upcoming appearances. and to my wife, happy anniversary. i love you, babe. in 2009 the same year the tea party began their anti-tax protests. the americans paid the lowest tax rate in 30 years. we know the average tax rate was 17.4% down from 2007. we know the rate declined in part because average household income of america...

george zimmerman at $1 million. you might remember he is the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. zimmerman's earlier bond of $150,000 was revoked after prosecutor told the judge that he misled the court about how much money he had. it is not clear how soon zimmerman is going to post bond or when he will be released. a florida lifeguard has been fired after saving a man from drowning. yes, that is right. thomas lopez says he was let go from his job in hillendale eare beach when he rescued a guy outside of his area of the bea...

I just want to own them. finally i opened up a documentary called "mr. conservative" about barry goldwater, which was really interesting and i realized that these days the republican party is practically -- they're socialists. no. i'm sorry. barry goldwater is a socialist compared to republicans now. he was pro gays in the military and had progressive views in some ways that this batch of republicans would just run away from. i was shocked by that. >> you know, i was really struck by something in this morning's paper by my colleague kit sealy. we do this series called "the long run" about the ...

Right now, warren buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. do we want to keep these tax cuts for the wealthiest americans? >> president obama in his state of the union calling for fairness in the tax code and making one simple point. a billionaire shouldn't pay less in taxes than his secretary. warren buffett says he pays 17.4% in taxes while his secretary pays more than double that. it's not fair. it's not right. but it's how the system is rigged right now. but how mitt romney was able to pay less than 14% in taxes in 2010 even though he made $21 million that year. but today, democra...