hello, everyone. i m 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 isn t really. the right word is sort of lumpy. here s why. a true flat tax would mean all americans start paying a flat tax of 20%. that s perry s rate on their income with no deductions. that s 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 six federal income tax rates now. perry s new plan, because we don t have a 20, will make it seven. that s lumpy. a poor flat tax doesn t allow for deductions, capital dividends, state and local taxes. we re joking a little. we all want bold ideas, and politically, you can t wake up and throw out and old system and go to a
employers and out people to invest and grow and prosper. he calls it flat. but the bottom line is it isn t really. the right word is sort of lumpy. here s why. a true flat tax would mean all americans start paying a flat tax of 20%. that s perry s rate on their income with no deductions. that s 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 six federal income tax rates now. perry s new plan, because we don t have a 20, will make it seven. that s lumpy. a poor flat tax doesn t allow for deductions, capital dividends, state and local taxes. we re joking a little. we all want bold ideas, and politically, you can t wake up and throw out and old system and go to a truly flat tax if you wanted one overnight. to tell you the truth, there is something appealing about this. the best representation in my plan is this postcard. this is
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 isn t really. the right word is sort of lumpy. here s why. a true flat tax means all americans start paying a flat tax of 20%. that s perry s rate on their income with no deductions. that s not how this works. 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 six federal income tax rates right now. perry s new plan because we don t have a 20 will make it seven. that s lumpy. a poor flat tax doesn t allow for deductions. capital dividends, state and local taxes. we re joking a little. we all want bold ideas and politically you can t wake up and throw out and old system and go to a truly flat tax if you wanted one overnight. to tell you t
the reason that they re not hiring right now is because there is a tremendous amount of count uncertainty. higher taxes in 2011 and health care costs. that s why they re not hiring. seems to be they re talking past each other, the obama administration and business community. what could they do to convince the business community, use those cash reserves to invest in america? well, think need incentives to do so. that s the bottom line. look. we just survived what s one they could do soon? one to do soon is not allow the bush tax cuts to expire in 2011. given some the end of the 2010. giving some confidence that they won t have that added expense. a lot of people are worried about that. tim geithner had an important interview with larry kudlow last week and said he is prepared to keep capital dividends and taxes at 20%. that is positive and part of the reason the market is rallying