Government spending is one issue.
How we form our tax code is a totally separate issue.
Agreed in that they are two separate issues. My point is that Cain is focusing much more on the tax issue than the spending issue - And he is wrong in doing so.
Runaway government spending is a FAR bigger problem than the current tax code.
>>> Agreed in that they are two separate issues. My point is that Cain is focusing much more on the tax issue than the spending issue - And he is wrong in doing so. Runaway government spending is a FAR bigger problem than the current tax code. >>
Couple things:
First, your impression of focus may not match reality. Cain has had a spending plan for many months, long before he had 999. He did not engineer the idea that everyone else would be much more interested in 999 than his “10 across the board plus deep dive” spending plan. That’s how it happened. And before deep dive, he was a tea party speaker where his entire focus was on rolling back not only the spending, but also the reach of government into our lives.
Second, the tax code is an evil manipulator, and if you’ve ever owned a business, you would know just how evil it is and how much it dominates the life of a business owner. It is oppressive. So it may be more important than you realize.
But my main point would be don’t assume Cain’s emphasis just because the media focuses on a certain issue. He was about reducing government long before he had 999. And that would be a way to measure his focus.