Originally Posted By fkurucz <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/herman-cains-9-9-9-plan-in-one-table/2011/08/25/gIQAtjuFvL_blog.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/...log.html</a> The table breaks down who will pay more and who will pay fewer taxes under Cain's plan. Draw your own conclusions.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The middle class and poor pay more, the rich pay less. Knock me over with a feather from not-surprised.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Yes, Mr. Cain is much too full of himself and much too arrogant to be a good leader. Isn't he also the one who recently said that people should blame themselves if they aren't rich? What kind of idiotic comment is that to make?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I am so, so shocked that a GOP plan ends up greatly favoring the rich on the backs of those with less. I am sure that many Republican voters without a pot to pee in will go ahead and vote for Cain, even though it goes directly against their own best interest. I'd love to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" with Cain and Mitt Romney sometime, just to hear them root for Mr. Potter.
Originally Posted By alexbook How's he planning on passing it? Voters, reporters, and candidates need to remember that the President doesn't get to write legislation. You'd think the wreckage of Obama's various plans would serve as a sufficient lesson.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS All I know is that I just took a bunch of pics of him outside of the Venetian while CNN interviewed him and all of his secret service type security guard guys came after our cab. Maybe they thought we were.going to do him some harm or something.
