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  • Herman Cain the Most Interesting Presidential Candidate

    09/13/2011 12:56:17 PM PDT · by justsaynomore · 62 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | 9/13/11 | Mark Whittington
    COMMENTARY | Herman Cain, the former Godfather's Pizza CEO and current candidate for president of the United States, may not get the Republican nomination. But he remains the most interesting man running for the Oval Office. For instance, Cain's "9 9 9" proposal, which essentially would replace the current tax code with a 9 percent flat tax on personal income, a 9 percent corporate tax, and a 9 percent national sales tax, has the virtue of being simple, easy to understand, and appealing to anyone who has had to struggle with complying with the tax code. Cain's proposal, repeated during...
  • 9-9-9: A Vision for Economic Growth (video)

    09/13/2011 7:04:15 AM PDT · by justsaynomore · 24 replies
    You Tube ^ | 9/13/11 | Herman Cain
    Link to video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IuiEmXoBhI&feature=youtu.be Herman Cain talks about his 9-9-9 Economic Growth Plan in detail. To read the plan, go to http://www.hermancain.com/images/economicgrowth.pdf
  • FLASHBACK - Herman Cain at the First FairTax Rally in 2006

    09/08/2011 5:24:26 PM PDT · by justsaynomore · 4 replies
    Herman Cain ^ | Herman Cain
    FLASHBACK - Herman Cain at the First FairTax Rally in 2006
  • The Fair Tax (And Why I Support It)

    08/18/2011 11:21:36 AM PDT · by bthockey · 83 replies · 1+ views
    The Band Of Patriots ^ | 8/17/11 | Bryan Thomas
    For the past couple of weeks, I've been looking into the Fair Tax, a tax law that is picking up a lot of momentum since many GOP candidates, including Herman Cain, support it. For those who don't know what the Fair Tax is, it is essentially a national sales tax of 23%. Even though that might not sound too pleasing, what makes the fair tax so great is that it abolishes all other federal taxes. Income, capital gains, and payroll taxes would all cease to exist. To bring support to the Fair Tax, which I believe is much better than...
  • Economic Vision, Part 3: A fairer tax

    07/11/2011 9:29:40 AM PDT · by justsaynomore · 7 replies
    North Star National ^ | 7/10/11 | Herman Cain
    Paying taxes is a fact of life, because there are certain things that our federal government must provide as enumerated in the Constitution. But paying taxes does not have to be unfair, burdensome and costly. Our current system of taxation is all three, and it got that way little by little over time since 1913. The Fair Tax (H.R. 25) is a fairer tax because it is just the opposite. It is fair because the consumer determines their taxes based on their purchase behavior instead of being determined by the government based on one’s capacity to produce. Our production is...
  • Cain Is Right About Repealing Income Tax

    06/16/2011 9:06:56 AM PDT · by justsaynomore · 32 replies
    Money News ^ | 6/13/11 | Denis Kleinfeld
    From the article... "There have been an endless amount of tax-reforming legislation passed into law going back for decades. All that happens is the opposite. More tax law, more special-interest group provisions, more pork, more lobbyists, more regulation, more penalties, more destruction of the U.S. trade relations, more incentive for business to move jobs or the company itself out of America, more loss of liberties of the taxpayers, and more corruption of the Congress and the President."
  • Invisible candidate worth looking into

    05/26/2011 6:03:08 PM PDT · by ancientart · 19 replies · 1+ views
    Aberdeen American News ^ | May 26, 2011 | Art Marmorstein
    He thinks. Therefore he isn't. Somehow, Herman Cain has become invisible. Media pundits tell us again and again that the Republican rank and file aren't happy with any of the leading contenders for the 2012 presidential nomination, that these voters really want an alternative. The pundits speculate endlessly on possible additions to the field: Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie, perhaps even Jeb Bush. But despite the fact that Cain has a large and enthusiastic following, the former Godfather's Pizza CEO rarely seems to merit even a mention. Recently, 15,000 supporters crowded Atlanta's Olympic Park, where they boisterously cheered Cain's eloquent and...
  • The Political Basis for the FairTax

    05/23/2011 6:33:08 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 47 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 05/22/2011 | Robert E. Dell and David G. Tuerck
    As the current debate over fiscal reform suggests, very few proposals for fundamental changes in tax policy have the potential to command support across the ideological spectrum.  The "FairTax" is the great exception.  Correctly understood, the Fair Tax Act (HR 25, S13 with 67 cosponsors), which would replace almost all federal taxes with a direct tax on consumption, should appeal to conservatives, progressives, and libertarians alike.  Let's start with conservatives.  The FairTax enjoys more support from this quarter than any other tax reform proposal, including the flat tax and the reforms outlined in Congressman Paul Ryan's Path to Prosperity. ...
  • Herman Cain Promotes FairTax

    04/18/2011 8:51:01 PM PDT · by TheFreedomPoster · 39 replies
    THE FREEDOM POST ^ | April 18, 2011 | Matthew Burke
    VIDEO of probable presidential candidate Herman Cain promotes replacing the current "messed-up tax code" with the FairTax, a single rate consumption tax, on the Neil Cavuto show today...
  • A new take on the Fair Tax

    04/12/2011 9:43:56 AM PDT · by gregmerleforcongress · 7 replies
    You Tube ^ | 4/9/11 | Greg Merle
    Bypass the mainstream media black out and lets get a conversation started on what is a ridiculous main stream media
  • FairTax Scores Big on POPVOX

    04/10/2011 8:04:24 AM PDT · by phil_will1 · 85 replies
    POPVOX ^ | April 8, 2011 | Phil_will1 (Vanity)
    One of the more intriguing new websites on the political blogoshere is POPVOX. POPVOX is an interactive site that enables individual citizens to weigh in on bills introduced into congress. You can vote for/against bills in the house or senate and you can also make a comment that will be displayed on the respective Bill Report page and forwarded to your respective representative/senator. POPVOX also has a mapping facility which shows where support\opposition to a bill is coming from geographically. You can drill down to CD level all the way up to state and national. HR 25 (The FairTax) made...
  • Coupon Users Furious Over Proposed Tax (New CT dem Gov want to tax EVERYTHING)

    02/28/2011 11:42:57 AM PST · by raybbr · 82 replies
    Courant.com ^ | February 27, 2011 | N/A
    HARTFORD (AP) — Devotees of coupons and discounts are angry at Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposal to slap a new sales tax on the original price of a good or service rather than the discounted price. Ending the sales tax exemptions for coupons, discounts and automobile trade-ins are among tax exemptions Malloy has proposed ending to help close the state's projected $3.5 billion deficit. For example, the tax would be imposed on the $30 price of a blouse, not the $15 sales price. Gina Juliano learned firsthand after she lost her job in 2009 as a vice principal in the...
  • The History of the Sixteenth Amendment

    02/25/2011 9:39:48 AM PST · by Dick Bachert · 14 replies
    Not known ^ | Dr. W. Cleon Skousen
    As April 15th draws near, the airwaves are filled with spots for income tax preparation “services,” nearly all of which were founded by and staffed with “former” IRS agents and auditors. If you younger folks are wondering why these outfits are heavy with former IRS people, think of a one-way revolving door. On one side is the IRS where these guys joined over 120 thousand others in the IRS to become as skilled at understanding the ins and out of the tax “code” (so named because it is written in code no human being could possibly fully understand) and IRS...
  • THE INSANITY OF THE INCOME TAX

    02/16/2011 10:21:34 AM PST · by Dick Bachert · 6 replies
    Vanity ^ | 2/16/2011 | Dick Bachert
    THE INSANITY OF THE INCOME TAX “He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.” (The Declaration of Independence) Obama’s proposed IRS budget for 2011 is 13.3 BILLION – a 1.1 BILLION hike over 2010 -- and calls for adding 5,100 new agents to the over 100,000 currently on the payroll. Notice I didn’t say “working there.” This is the crack agency that just last year sent out checks totaling 39 million bucks based on phony documents filed by PRISON INMATES! God only knows how many...
  • I Have A Tax Question About Schedule M (Vanity)

    02/15/2011 9:32:28 PM PST · by OneVike · 44 replies
    self | 2/15/11 | OneVike
    I need some advice from some fellow Freepers who may be able to give me some. I am filling out my tax form, I using the 1040A tax form. While filling it out I am directed to a form that is called Schedule M. I found out I qualified for it last year, after I paid my taxes. The IRS sent my wife and I a check for $500.00 with a letter stating we failed to use schedule m which qualified us for an additional deduction. Personally I think it was a way for the democrats to buy votes....
  • Tea party group slams tax council plan

    02/10/2011 8:24:37 AM PST · by Brookhaven · 6 replies
    ajc ^ | 2-10-11 | Chris Joyner
    The Georgia Tea Party on Wednesday became the latest conservative voice to come out against a plan to overhaul Georgia’s tax structure. In a statement, the organization -- one of several tea party groups operating in the state -- said the proposal by the Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness was neither real reform nor fair. “The [Georgia Tea Party] supports tax simplification,” the statement reads. “However, the council’s recommendations do not simplify taxes but merely shuffle tax revenue buckets through a series of complex and sometimes arbitrary additions and subtractions of exemptions.” The organization echoed a familiar complaint...
  • Olivastro: Time to Repeal the Income Tax (Article and Poll)

    01/25/2011 1:24:18 PM PST · by so_real · 52 replies
    GOP USA ^ | January 20, 2011 10:33 am | Richard Olivastro
    The persistent reduction of citizens retained earnings and the compression of individual free choice options — installed through an insidious income tax system and set of nefarious regulatory schemes – is indeed endemic of the very abuses and usurpations that gave our forefathers just cause to birth the Declaration of Independence.
  • I hear the people

    01/24/2011 8:32:56 AM PST · by justsaynomore · 14 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | 1/24/2011 | Herman Cain
    In last week’s commentary I announced the formation of my presidential exploratory committee. The majority of the responses I have received have been very positive and encouraging, and the responses to the common-sense solutions I have discussed at dozens of town-hall-style meetings have been outstanding. My focus at these meetings has been on strengthening our national security, unleashing the full growth potential of our economy, cutting government spending, modernizing our social programs, fixing our immigration problems and implementing a real energy independence strategy. People have responded especially well to my approach to problem-solving. They are not expecting a leader to...
  • Fair Tax? No thanks

    01/23/2011 7:27:20 AM PST · by jmaroneps37 · 85 replies
    Coach is Right ^ | JANUARY 23RD, 2011 | Suzanne Eovaldi, staff writer
    When my financial advisor gave me a lot of caveats about the new Fair Tax surfacing in Congress, what I really heard him saying was, “You can’t trust government.” The unintended consequences of the proposed Fair Tax are pause for alarm because “when they sell a Fair Tax, they don’t tell you about other taxes” that will conveniently remain on the books. “In theory if the government says they’ll take away all other taxes, do they?” The Fair Tax is a misnomer in Europe. The income tax was not abolished when they added a VAT value added tax or Fair...
  • WOODALL INTRODUCES FAIRTAX BILL ON DAY ONE WITH RECORD NUMBER OF ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS

    01/06/2011 3:52:22 AM PST · by phil_will1 · 133 replies
    Press Release | Jan. 5, 2011 | U. S. Rep Rob Woodall
    Washington, DC—On Wednesday, January 5, 2011, Congressman Rob Woodall (GA-07) introduced H.R. 25, the FairTax. The FairTax legislation eliminates the current income tax paradigm and replaces it with a system of taxation based on consumption. The bill was introduced on Wednesday with 47 original co-sponsors—the most original co-sponsors the bill has ever had for its initial introduction. “I committed to the Seventh District of Georgia that my efforts in Congress would focus on reclaiming freedom for the American people. It is for that reason that I am proud to make the FairTax—the only bill that restores transparency and simplicity to...