Romney: ‘I Want to Help the 99 Percent’

Published January 26, 2012 12:31am ET



Miami

After asking Mitt Romney twice whether the amount of taxes he paid was “fair,” Univision host Jorge Ramos cut to the chase. “Governor, how much money do you have?”

“Well, you tell me and I’ll tell you–I’m kidding,” Romney replied, with a characteristic Romney chuckle. He said he’d already put that rough figure out in a financial disclosure forms, but Ramos wanted specifics. “Two hundred and fifty million?” he asked. “It’s between 150 and 200 some odd million dollars,” Romney finally replied. “I didn’t inherit that money,” he added.

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