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Work for every american or just the most fortunate ones? get your cell phons out. we want to know what you think. should mitt romney exercise some personal responsibility and apologize to 47% of americans? text a for yes and b for no. you can leave a comment on our blog. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me tonight is senator bernie sanders. senator, great to have you with us tonight. is mitt romney's characterization of the 47% accurate at all? >> well, no. it's not accurate. and here it is, ed, coming from a guy born to a millionaire family who went to elite schools, ...

>> we have seen a rift on the right over this issue. ed shultz was covering this very well in the last hour talking about how the romney campaign didn't take it back, but there are elements on the right led by talk radio, people saying this is what we believe. we ought to take this as an opportunity to articulate that 47% of the country that doesn't pay income taxes. we ought to be targeting ourselves to the country in a way that does not pay attention to those people and speaks to the creators and not the moochers. >> absolutely truth. the solid base for romney, they love this. and they also ...

Yesterday. >> my first reaction was, can't be true. the tape must be edited. he can't possibly have disparaged almost half of the population with seven weeks to go in the election campaign. alas, it turns out to be exactly what he said. when you have a dedicated republican such as bill crystal, one of the real powers in the party, describing this as, quote, arrogant and stupid, unquote, that tells you a lot. this is a deep wound to romney's chances. i think disastrous, but i'm not prepared to say catastrophic yet. he has to have 30 to 45 days playing errorless campaign politics and have a very...

Romney cuts more taxes? because that's what he's out there saying. he wants to cut more taxes. bottom line, americans want to know, is it going to help the economy if he does? >> the evidence sit 1945 is no, it will hurt the economy. especially in recent years. what this study shows, ed, is that the top tiny group, the top 1 in 1,000 americans, they got this much income. now they get this much. it's redistributing income upwards and it's not helping the vast majority of americans at all. >> i want to play this tape of mitt romney one more time. i'll remind our viewers that this was provided to...

Great to have you with us. will it help the economy if mitt romney cuts more taxes? because that's what he's out there say iing. he wants to cut more taxes. bottom line, americans want to know, is it going to help the economy if he does? >> the evidence sit 1945 is no, it will hurt the economy. especially in recent years. what this study shows, ed, is that the top tiny group, the top 1 in 1,000 americans, they got this much income. now they get this much. it's redistributing income upwards and it's not helping the vast majority of americans at all. >> i want to play this tape of mitt romney on...