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They will vote for this president no matter what. the mean the president starts off with a huge number. these are people who pay no income taxes. my job is not to worry about nose people. i'll never convince them to take personal responsibility and take care of their lives. i have to convince the 5% to 10%. >> what you say behind closed doors is really who you are. i'm joined by david k. johnson who is a pulitzer prizewinning author. romney was basically right about one thing. 46.4% of americans don't pay federal income taxes. here's the real breakdown from the tax policy center. two thirds of...

>> well, what you say behind closed doors is really who you are. i'm joined by david k. johnson who is a columnist and author of the book "the fine print." romney was basically right about one thing. 46.4% of americans don't pay federal income taxes. but here's the real break down from the tax policy center. two-thirds of romney's 47% actually do pay payroll taxes. david, the rest are elderly who make less than $20,000 a year. >> that's right. they are either elderly so used to pay taxes or are working hard at jobs that pay very little money. >> so who is romney insulting

Welcome back to "hardball." so who are that 47% of people mitt romney says he'll never convince they they should, quote, take personal responsibility and care for their lives. columnist david brooks asked the same question and wonders is it the iraq war veteran who goes to the va? is it the student getting a loan to go to college? is it the retiree on social security or medicare? and these charts from the tax policy center show who that 47% is. these are the people that don't pay federal income tax. in 2011 46.4% of households paid no federal income tax so romney is correct there. let's zero i...

Conservatives. people like bill crystal, many even moderate republican leaning columnists if you will, conservative center right columnists like david brooks and then you have the thing that he has to fear the most, linda mcmahon is the first one i've seen, a republican senate campaign in connecticut how many republicans start trying to distance themselves from this remark. >> bill crystal calling it i believe arrogant and stupid. >> yeah. >> as well. this initially started with eric ericsson back during occupy a year ago. suggesting i'm of the 53%, not of the 47% who supposedly don't pay taxe...

Fund-raising people who are parting with their moneys are very interested in knowing, can you win or not. that's what this is -- this was address. >> he did stand by his remarks, repeating these facts. >> as i point out, i recognize among those that pay no tax, approximately 47% of americans, i'm not likely to be highly successful with the message of lowering taxes, likeless wise, those reliant on government are not attracted to my message of slimming down the size of government. >> where does the 47% number come from in the tax policy center, which found that 46.4% of households pay no federa...