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He had the good -- >> no, don't -- >> -- wisdom to leave and become a private consultant. >> the interesting thing -- >> great job, brownie. >> the guys that rick perry picked up, a lot of them worked for rick scott, the governor of florida. now, remember, rick scott was head of a company that was charged $1.7 billion in fines and damages for defrauding medicare. and they got that guy elected governor. so if i were mitt romney, or somebody else, and saw these guys coming into rick perry's camp, i would say, maybe this guy does have a second chance here. we ought to be worried about a perry bou...

Question is do we want a fair tax system? >> and a flat tax will do that. >> we'll see. we'll see if the country likes that idea, but the polls show they don't. over the past few weeks, mitt romney has been talking more and more favorably about a flat tax concept. let's listen. >> i love a flat tax. my tax policy, there's a lot about a flat tax that works, but it means different things to different people. the so-called flat tax that steve forbes championed how many years ago was that? a long -- pardon? 2000. the flat tax has positive features. again, you have to look and make sure that it doe...

His 9-9-9 plan, of course, and rick perry is pushing now a flat tax. and now mitt romney once called a flat tax a tax for fat cats is warming up to the idea. these people are other directed, they lean to the right on everything. the republicans are looking to shift the tax burden, it seems, to people with a lot of money to the people with far less money, the middle class. what's this about politically? does the gop risk reinforcing its image. as to use mitt romney's phrase, the party of fat cats. that's ahead. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. [ dr. ling ] i need to get the results fr...

Welcome back to "hardball." back in 1996, not a million years ago, steve forbes ran for president on the idea of imposing a flat tax, where every american, except the very poor, would be taxed at the same 17% rate. how'd that work out for him? well, he finished fourth place in both iowa and new hampshire. the reality of a flat tax, however, doesn't seem to sit well with most americans. look at these gallup numbers from last month. 66% of americans favor increasing taxes on individuals making more than $200,000. only 32% oppose that, and 70% favor raising taxes on corporations by eliminating lo...

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