Romney on taxes: 'You're going to have to take my word for it'
The Rachel Maddow Show August 1, 2012
Rachel Maddow talks about Mitt Romney’s vague responses when asked about his taxes throughout the years and questions how much of his current proposed tax plan would only help himself. James Roosevelt, Jr., the top lawyer for the Massachusetts Democratic Party when tax returns were a problem for Romney while running for governor, joins the discussion to explain how Romney tried to “retroactively rewrite history” about his tax returns ten years ago.
New polling shows Obama turned a state previously considered a toss-up into a safe Obama win. The president also attacks Romney's tax cut for only the wealthy. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses the 2012 headlines with MSNBC's Howard Fineman and Reuters tax expert David Cay Johnston.
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