>>> good evening. it is a topic that won't go away. in the hands of the democrats, it has dogged mitt romney from the start and may follow him all the way to the finish of this campaign. after a successful life in business and a private life of great wealth, mitt romney in public life has been unwilling to go public with his tax returns beyond the past two years. it came up again today as did the broader policy discussion that now team romney is running on and we begin here tonight with nbc's ron mott on the campaign trail in the critical state of ohio tonight. ron , good evening.
>> reporter: brian, good evening to you. today mitt romney broke out a dry erase board in trying to explain his plan for the future of medicare which has become a front and center topic in this campaign. but questions about his taxes and those tax returns just keep on coming. mitt romney 's tax burden trailed him to south carolina today prompting yet another response to allegations he paid little to no taxes over the past decade.
>> if you go back and look at my taxes and over the past ten years i never paid less than 13%. i think the most recent year is 13.6 or something like that. so i pay taxes every single year.
>> reporter: in a recent interview with brian williams romney said he was not going to provide more than the 2010 tax return he's already released and an estimated return for 2011 . tonight in an interview on "rock center" ann romney defended her husband.
>> we have been very transparent to what's legally required of us, but the more we release the more we get attacked.
>> they want to turn medicare into a voucher program.
>> reporter: in the wake of criticism from the president and democrats about paul ryan 's medicare plan, romney went back to the drawing board at an impromptu news weekend with reporters today to define his plan.
>> my plan presents no change.
>> reporter: the ryan plan and the president's affordable care act both trim medicare by more than $700 billion, a point of contention surely to be debated from now until november, a battle ryan welcomes.
>> this election presents so many clear contrasts. one of those contrasts is this. mitt romney and i will protect and strengthen medicare , leave it intact for our current seniors, and save it for the next generation.
>> reporter: ryan also delved into the china trade issue attacking the president for refusing to act against what many consider that country's currency manipulation.
>> president obama promised he would stop these practices. he said he'd go to the mat with china. instead, they're treating him like a door mat.
>> reporter: now, paul ryan has crisscrossed america this week visiting battleground states he and governor romney hope to win in november. tomorrow he is back in virginia and on saturday, brian, florida.
>>> ron mott starting us off in ohio tonight. ron , thanks.
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