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Your candidacy or some guy who's with a wink and nod can give $10 million. >> it's great. joy ann, the other thing that happened was that romney decided that he was going to take some questions at the business roundtable. but he kicked the press out. now, he's delayed filing his tax returns. he doesn't like to disclose his own financial details. this man has a problem with transparency, doesn't he? he's running for president. why doesn't he take a few questions. >> quiet rooms is, martin. it's very important. mitt romney partly he doesn't want to make any mistakes. this is a very careful campa...

Touch. he says that you want to cut firefighters and teachers. that you don't understand what's going on in these communities. what do you say to that, governor? >> that's a very strange accusation. of course teachers and firemen and policemen are hired at the local level and also by states. the federal government doesn't pay for teachers, firefighters, or policemen. so obviously that's completely absurd. >> now, just for the facts before you respond, ana marie. the federal government pays nearly 11% of public school costs. spent over $1 billion for hiring police officers. awarded over $630 mi...

Who's going to stand up for the favored few? i think the answer to that is clear. and they've always done it on jobs in this opening. the bain ads and the ads about massachusetts are about a guy who in the public sector did a bad job of creating jobs. you've got to give people a choice. make them look ahead to the future. doesn't mean the president should run from his record. but he has to say in essence we've done a lot, but we have a lot more to do. >> now, ana marie, in an interview yesterday, romney said it was strange that president obama would accuse him of being out of touch about polic...

Of course teachers and firemen and policemen are hired at the local level and also by states. the federal government doesn't pay for teachers, firefighters or policemen. so obviously that's completely absurd. >> so romney completely avoids the original point he made and instead said it's absurd to think the government can pay for public service workers. one guy who didn't think this was so absurd was massachusetts governor mitt romney. when he was governor and had to close a payroll gam, $500 until in unanticipated federal grants further reduced the massachusetts budget shortfall according to ...

In america. >> he says you're out of touch, it that you want to cut firefighters and teachers. >> hang on a moment. he says? let's remind everyone who said it in the first place. . >> he says we need more firefighters, more policemen, more teachers? did he not get the memo, it's time to cut back on government. >> let's continue with the withering journalistic stault from fox and friends. >> he says you're out of touch, that you want to cut firefighters and teachers that you don't understand what's going on in these communities. what do you say to that, governor? >> well, that's a very strange ...