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With 20% Flat-Tax Plan, Perry Eyes Distinction From GOP...

Season 2011 Episode 2980 | 12m 46s

GOP hopeful and Texas Gov. Rick Perry unveiled his flat-tax proposal Tuesday at a South Carolina plastics plant. Judy Woodruff discusses his and other candidates' ideas for reforming the U.S. tax code with Stephen Moore of the conservative Club for Growth and Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect magazine.

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