Posted on 10/12/2011 12:37:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Businessman Herman Cain has risen to the top of a national poll of Republican primary voters, upending the GOP field yet again this cycle.
Cain has the support of 30 percent of Republicans in the Public Policy Polling survey, trailed by Mitt Romney at 22 percent, Newt Gingrich at 15 percent, and Rick Perry at 14 percent. Cain is also the second choice of 24 percent of those polled — the highest of any candidate.
In a two-person race, Romney would lead Perry 48-38, Cain would lead Romney 48-36, and Cain would destroy Perry 55-27.
The poll was conducted before last night's Washington Post-Bloomberg debate, in which Cain alienated some members of the tea party (his largest constituency) by saying he admired Alan Greenspan's leadership of the Federal Reserve.
PPP has a checkered history with polling — and this poll has a VERY large 4.5 percent margin of error — so don't read too much into this just yet.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Probably not your husband’s employer, but other businesses would. There would also be more of an incentive to produce more food and gas than what is demanded. Which is a problem. You want the producers to match as close to demand as possible, to maximize their profits.
If you are going to do a tax like this, the least distorting way to do it is to do it across the board, no exemptions for ‘favoured businesses’. That’s a time word democrat strategy, impose taxes on everyone else, but find some way to protect yourself so that you can evade them altogether. That way, not only do you benefit from the exemption, you get a competitive benefit over those who are taxed.
Yes, they will cry hue over the poor, etc. They will argue for a ‘rebate’, which is just another way to redistribute wealth away from productive folks, and more jobs for the liberals. Watch when it becomes a serious possibility, you will see articles that we have to do it this way, “for the chilluns”.
Is a sales tax ideal? No, but it’s a much better tax than income tax. The money goes directly into your account, and you can manage how much tax you pay at any one time by controlling your purchases. It’s also a transparant system that is fair, because everyone pays.
I agree with you on Newton. I wish it were Santorum who were moving up, but people just don’t buy PA candidates. I guess that cozying up to GWB and Specter in 2004 killed Santorum’s future after all.
What ever happened to “Mary Ann,” I think was her name? He used to talk about her a lot in public too. He is a global warming person.
You mean Dawn Wells? I think I saw something about her recently here......picture looks as good as you’d expect for a honey that took care of herself...
Good post and where have you been, my friend?
I’ll be drunk for a week if that happens.
He joined 10/11/11 as a "Cain Train Troll". I wouldn't count on much more than attacks on Cain.
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