Cain had three economists write HIS plan. One thinks they screwed it up. Cain has to point people to their write-up on his web site when he's asked about the plan.
If you read Moore's comments about it, and if you look at the plan, it is clear Cain asked for a good, sound-bite political tax plan. Cain wants Fairtax, but didn't think it was a political winner. So they created 9-9-9, which isn't the best plan but was a great sound bite. Moore says now that they screwed up because they didn't realize how people would feel about the sales tax part, and suggests they re-work it to remove that. Because WHAT is in the 9-9-9 plan isn't as important as how politically popular it is.
999 is a marketing ploy - a catchy phrase that people will remember. Much like $9.99 pizza. It’s a pretty good strategy, except that Cain is having problems explaining the plan to people. With the 999 plan - the emphasis is on the catch-phrase more than the details.
Perry’s plan sounds pretty good - I can’t wait to see the details and how Perry sells them. That will be telling, and will do a lot to compare him with the other candidates and their plans.
Cain is a long time friend of neal boortz, they worked together, his plan is what it is because Neals plan is copyrighted. Cains plan is Neals plan, he just cannot say so and unlike johnny come lately perry, Cain and Neal have talked about tax plans for years. The main thing Cain stepped forward trying to cut the size of government, while the two little rinos, Perry and Willard, played dry hump. Their act last night was kinder-garden.
So he came up with a plan neither Fair Tax or Flat Tax supporters like. I personally like the Fair Tax, but no way in hell will I support adding a sales tax without repealing the income tax at the same time. And now that he has made 999 the centerpiece of his campaign there is now way Cain can get away from it.