[mylife]

Who is we Kimosabe? I am talking about people that have paid all their lives on the current plan and now Cain wants to tax them again?

[HiTech RedNeck]

“We” is corporate America which produces products for sale. (The tax only applies to new merchandise.) It will be freed from much more overhead than the 9% sales tax. As the overhead goes down, competition will force prices down.

[Dusty Road]

I guess my only answer to you over this 9% is this. If your money is sitting there not invested you've planned poorly, if it's in a savings account you've planned poorly, if it's in CD’s you've planned poorly. If it is in the last two at least you benefit from zero tax on future interest earned. So it seems a person in the position describe only real complaint is their own lack of planning for the future.

Why does that old quote of “Don't tax him, don't tax me, tax that man behind the tree” come to mind.