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hello, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront," taxes, presidential candidate rick perry on the heels of last night's presidential debate, proposing a flat tax. >> scrapping the 3 million words of the current tax code starting over with something simpler. a flat tax. >> a flat tax has one big problem. if you tax everyone at the same rate, people who make less get hit harder and pay more than the current system. the flat tax was popularized by steve forbes during his two presidential runs, but he actually exempted families of four making less than $36,000. bold ideas are something we c...

presidential debate, proposing a flat tax. >> scrapping the 3 million words of the current tax code starting over with something simpler. a flat tax. >> a flat tax has one big problem. if you tax everyone at the same rate, people who make less get hit harder and pay more than the current system. the flat tax was popularized by steve forbes during his two presidential runs, but he actually exempted families of four making less than $36,000. bold ideas are something we challenge on this show for a better america. let's see whether the flat tax is bold and smart or bold and bad. jim bia...

hello, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "out front," taxes, presidential candidate rick perry on the heels of last night's approximately debate proposing a flat tax. >> scrapping the three million words of the current tax code starting over with something simpler. a flat tax. >> a flat tax has one big problem. if you tax everyone at the same rate, people who make less get hit harder and pay more than the current system. the flat tax was popularized by steve forbes during his two presidential runs and exempted families of four making less than $36,000. bold ideas are something we challenge...

Strength up on the right-hand side, randi. >> all right. elizabeth cohen in houston. thank you, elizabeth. all right. here is the reality right now when it comes to jobs. according to the labor department nearly 119,000 workers were laid off last month alone. the unemployment rate in march hoovers near 9%, and while these numbers are enan improvement millions of american are forced to reshape and rethink their future. in today's "building up america" tom foreman finds a man who took control and is cruising towards success. >> when john ryeland was laid off after almost a dozen years at the s...

So that is fact. let's take a look, speaking of political campaigns. there no denying the influence that unions are with the democratic party. in wisconsin, four of the top six wisconsin contributors to the 2010 elections were labor unions with the state teachers unions giving $119,000. wisconsin chapter of the american federation of state municipal employees spending $94,000 and teachers unions get 96% of thian money from democrats government unions spent $574,000 on the 2010 elections, almost all of it going to the democrats. so back to the original question. is this a matter of politics? is...