some of the controversy that s surrounded 9-9-9 and make a go of this after a not very great debate. paul: jason, is this a better plan politically, let s talk about it than cain. a flatter code is preferable to what we have. it will attract more investment and economic growth. in that sense, sure. he s making it operational and trying to get ahead of some of the push back that he s expecting whether to raise enough revenue and that will be the key question here. the critics who are going after it are using these start of static analysis that the congressional budget office uses, assumes that for example, that the bush tax cuts will expire which may not happen and it didn t take into effect how a platter code, a more efficient code will incentivize economic growth. so, that s where the debate will be. and raise enough revenue. when you say static analysis, you raise the rates, lower the rates and adjust proportionally and the argument for a flat tax, it
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out his 20% flat tax plan. the plan is a giveaway to corporations and the rich and attacks the poor and the middle class. we know herman cain has his 9-9-9 plan, which does the same. now we re learning that mitt romney is set to roll out a flatter tax for his economic plan. erin, these kinds of plans were once the extreme. now it s the standard. how did we get here? well, if you remember, in 1996, in 2000, steve forbes ran on a flat-tax plan. he got a lot of promise nents from that, but ultimately didn t win his primary. now in this post tea party world, when the tea party came around in 2009, 2010, and theory brining in deficits, tax cuts, that kind of thing into the forefront, the flat tax is now very powerful, and it s really resonating with the republicans base. so these contenders that have
u.s. oil companies, are raking in near record profits, so why are they still getting huge taxpayer subsidies? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. he skipped the last presidential debate and sidelined himself in iowa saying he wants to focus on the first of the nation s primary state. jon huntsman is betting almost everything on new hampshire, but is trail ng the state while romney is enjoying a substantial lead and now, huntsman is joining some of romney s sharpest critics in questioning romney s conservative credentials. jon huntsman is joining us now from salt lake city. thanks very much for coming in. thank you, wolf. an honor to be with you. george will, the conservative columnist writing in an upcoming edition of the washington post says this about mitt romney. he says you agree with george will on that? those are pretty tough words, wolf. all i can say is this is the time when this nation wants leadership. we ve been looking for leadership for
by definition this new hybrid system will result in the less overall revenue. he would end taxation to social security income. and pledges to raise social security to match the longer life span. all in all, they say flax tax is attractive in a slow economy. more efficient tax and add a lot to growth and reduce unemployment. there is a hunger for big policy changes. whatever people think of the perry plan it s dramatic. bret: we will get former utah governor jon huntsman reaction to the plan and his own plan on the center seat segment. he will take questions from the panel.