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hello, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a flat tax from presidential candidate, rick perry. >> it is time to pass a tax that is flat and fair and frees our employers and out people to invest and grow and prosper. >> he calls it flat. but the bottom line is it isnt really. the right word is sort of lumpy. heres why. a true flat tax would mean all americans start paying a flat tax of 20%. thats perrys rate on their income with no deductions. thats not how this works though....

employers and out people to invest and grow and prosper. >> he calls it flat. but the bottom line is it isnt really. the right word is sort of lumpy. heres why. a true flat tax would mean all americans start paying a flat tax of 20%. thats perrys rate on their income with no deductions. thats not how this works though. you keep your current rate or pick his new 20% rate. by allowing people to remain in their current tax bracket, americans will continue to pay different rates. there are...

What can we make with you? transamerica. transform tomorrow. delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet theyre closing thousands of offices, slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains 5 billion a year from post-office revenue while the postal service

outfront tonight, a flat tax from presidential candidate, rick perry. >> it is time to pass a tax that is flat and fair and frees our employers and people to invested and grow and prosper. >> he calls it flat. bottom line is it isnt really. the right word is sort of lumpy. heres why. a true flat tax means all americans start paying a flat tax of 20%. thats perrys rate on their income with no deductions. thats not how this works. you keep your current rate or pick his new 20% rate. by a...

good evening, everyone. tonight a herman cain fund-raising video goes viral because of a shot that celebrates smoking. truth is, we think a cancer survivor like mr. cain should know better. a provocative new tax plan from rick perry. heres the form, a postcard, two sides, straightforward. and the modified tax plan would allow most americans to keep their most cherished deductions. >> taxes will be cut across all income groups in america, and the net benefit will be more money in americ...

from the usgs. some turkish agencies putting the number at 6.6 magnitude so still some discrepancies between the numbers but its not important. either way it is a major earthquake. we are expecting aftershocks. many of those could be just as strong or stronger than the actual earthquake. this thing struck just about an hour 20 minutes ago, 1:40 in the afternoon local time there in turkey. the most up-to-date information we have for you puts the epicenter of this quake about a dozen or ...

joins us live. how are families planning to celebrate these soldiers when they come home? >> reporter: well, you know, ive been to a lot of mill bases and seen a lot of very tearful departures as the troops have gone off. perhaps the most joyful words you could ever hear on a military base is theyre coming home. thats exactly what theyve heard here at ft. bliss. rumors have been circulating here for some time. not long after the troops here deployed which would have been back in july a...

all american troops will be home by the end of the year. thats 39,000 men and women. there was talk that 5,000 troops might stay next year, but, no. weve got jessica yellin at the white house and chris lawrence at the pentagon tonight. jessica, i wanted to start with you. this came down to whether our troops would be protected troops would be protected from prosecution in iraq in part, didnt it? >> reporter: thats right. the white house, this administration and the iraqi government wer...

troops in iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. >> up on the white house website, the headline reads president obama has ended the war in iraq. the white house take on this is simple. president obama promised to end u.s. troop involvement in iraq and today fulfilled that promise. in one sense its true. heres what he said when he launched his campaign nearly four years ago. >> america, it is time to start bringing our troops hom...

up to a whole new reality this morning. their military mission will be of by the end of this year. president obamas mission to end the war is bringing a lot of reaction. also, college students drowning in debt. what you need to know about students loans and the best way to get them paid off. marketing genius behind kiss, well go behind the backstage and reveal the secrets of kiss, inc. lets start with one of our top stories. military families are gearing up to celebrate the holiday...