At least he ain’t dissing 999 like a bunch of other half-wits.
The problem with 999 is that it has a New National Sales Tax in it. Last I heard, Tea Party stood for Taxed Enough Already.
And Tea Party wants a new Federal Sales Tax on top of their State Sales Tax?
I think that Cain is at the stage right now that they’re hearing 999, and Cain’s repeating it all the time. He’s embrasing his plan, selling it, making people think that it’s wonderful, because he does have excellent salesmanship skills.
And they’ve heard it’s a “bold plan” and “fix it” and any number of extremely compelling sound bites.
People haven’t caught on that Cain is selling a NEW TAX.
Ron Paul supporters love to jump on the Fed tenure. But he wasn’t a banker, he was an economist, really, feeding back employment data and whatnot. Cain will be able to explain the difference.
But the people know what a “New Tax” is.
Read my lips no new taxes. clap clap clap.
They don’t want a new tax in 2012. Cain’s plan would likely have worked better in a year without a tea party. And there’s no doubt that there’s a lot of buzz about Cain and his 999 plan, but when everyone starts calling it Cain’s New Federal Sales Tax Plan, instead of 999, it just won’t sound as great.