[BfloGuy]

This thing won’t be recognizable by the first primary.

[MitchellC]

no income tax for those at or below the poverty level was always a part of Cain’s plan — but that at least was not a commonly known detail of it.

It's been commonly known to anyone who has spent ten seconds listening to Cain explain the plan.

Where does Hot Air get these people? Do they take the first College Republican wannabe they could find? The writers there are getting as stupid as the commenters - and they've had some of the DUMBEST commenters you'll ever find on a righty blog for the longest time.

[SuperLuminal]

Only one tax change is needed to get started: All citizens pay, in person, their entire federal tax bill on April 15th.

For example:

• No more of the “temporary” payroll withholding;
• No more fed tax at the gas pump;
• No more fed tax in the phone bill;
• No more paying by check, money order, bank xfer, etc...cash only; and,
• All taxes to be paid at the nearest federal office building or post office.

Then do the same for ALL state taxes...

[PapaBear3625]

As soon as you have exceptions for "worthy causes", then you get back the current tax code mess.

First it's zero income tax for the "poor". Then it's zero sales tax for "necessities" like food, baby formula, diapers, etc. Then it's zero corp taxes for businesses that set up in "empowerment zones".

Of course, the lowering of revenues due to these exemptions will mean raising the tax rate to 15 or 20%. At which point we're right back where we are now.

Either the plan firmly comes with no exceptions, or forget it.

I think it would be best to have a tax code that taxes on the first dollar, even for the poor. That way, when somebody proposes raising the tax rates, it will be felt by EVERYBODY. We got into our current mess precisely because 50% of the population feels no direct effect from taxes.