[normy]

As you know, Art Laffer and I helped design the plan. But I’ve come to the conclusion that the American people and the voters do not want a national sales tax. He’s going to have to replace that national sales tax with a 9 percent payroll tax. And if you do that it’s a total winner. … I’m surprised how hostile people are to the sales tax. When we designed this plan, I thought people would go along with the 9 percent sales tax. But the point is they won’t. And why not just do a payroll tax. It’s the devil we know …

Steve Moore on Kudlow.

[Jim Robinson]

And a 9 percent payroll tax will definitely be a huge increase on the cost of every product or service manufactured, produced, processed or delivered in America. And levied and tacked on at every stage of production. Exactly what Cain was trying to remove. Talk about VAT!! At least at the retail sales stage, it’s only levied once!

[fightinJAG]

Crosslinking to the thread dedicated to this subject:

Architect of Cain's 9-9-9 plan says he should drop the sales tax