[palmer]

The difference between the candidates can be boiled down simply. Perry supports the current 35-35-0 system in which politicians get to dole out tax breaks to ease the corporate rate (highest in the world). Perry wants to create jobs Texas-style in energy especially, dialing back EPA regulations. Cain is fundamentally different with his flat taxes. His way of creating jobs is to not confiscate income from job-creators or corporate profits. But some people have a legitimate beef with sales taxes by the Feds, it opens up a door they don’t want opened.

[Darkwolf377]

Thank you very much. You’ve put that more succinctly than all the articles I’ve read so far.

The Fed sales tax is troubling, but we’re definitely at a crossroads where we have to take some risks—leaving things as they are is a risk, too.

[mikhailovich]

Perry's jobs plan is exactly what we need to jump-start job growth. It baffles me why his detractors kick dirt on the idea of expanding energy and oil exploration to create jobs. People inside this industry will tell you correctly that a bunch of corollary jobs are created. Hotels and lodging, welders, electricians, truck drivers, manufacturing of pipeline materials, machinists, grocery stores, barbers, child care -- in fact, entire micro-economies are created.

Its a win-win for everyone involved.