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That they get a fair deal. they know what they're supposed to pay and it leads to economic expansion. and that's the one thing this country needs right now is economic expansion, not this politics of envy. >> i sure as hell hope he catch up to lithuania. i mean, john, i have to tell you, there's been a progressive tax in this country under reagan, under roosevelt, under every -- under eisenhower. >> and look what it's done. it's screwed up -- >> we've been the most successful economy in the world. right now we're having a hard time. whether you change your tax system in a difficult situation l...

To act, which it hasn't, the president's rolling out a series of programs that he can enact without congressional approval. the new campaign is called "we can't wait," and its first initiative will be to help homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages. he's kicking it off in las vegas, nevada, a state with the highest foreclosure rate in the country. sam stein is a political editor for "the huffington post" and john hammas is national editor for "new york" magazine. sam, thanks for joining us. it looks like east got an initiative out here for retooling a program two years ago with little...

Impose a flat 9% income tax on americans, an additional 9% national sales tax. rick perry tomorrow will unveil his own tax plan, which he says will be a flat tax. steve forbes has signed on as an adviser to rick perry. and even mitt romney, who has in the past rejects a flat tax, calling it a fat tax -- a tax for fat cats, has been talking more and more favorably about a flat tax. romney already has a fat cat image problem thanks to his background as a turnaround artist at bain. this photo, by the way, take a look at the candidates posing with wads of cash during his bain capital days, continu...

Gymnastics about the flat tax, in much the same way that john had to do when you really nail somebody down. the flat tax is horrible public policy. it's why e.j. dionne wrote this morning, it's why most of the people who support it have flatlined politically, ultimately. when you look at your own tax code, as most middle class or working class americans are going to do, you kind of realize that you get run over by a flat tax. but mitt romney has a problem. the conservative base of the republican party, the energy among the nominating electorate right now is behind this idea. it sounds great. t...