Criticizing Cain’s plan does not mean that one should get behind Romney.
As early as mow, we really need a serious discussion of the merits vs the de-merits of Herman Cain’s tax plan and whether it will be good for our economy and our country overall.
Unfortunately, he’s about our only option opposite Romney. Perry has proven he isn’t ready for primetime and I’m not sure the American people are ready to elect Newt Gingrich as their President. The rest of the candidates don’t have a chance and we should be thankful for that. Santorum and Bachmann are way too self-righteous and grating.
Cain's plan is the only one that deals with this:
The blue is the actual growth of the number of voters that pay zero in income tax over the past 25 years. The red is the projected growth based on the growth rate from 1984-2008 (it does not even take into account the fact that Obama accelerated the pace, so it's a conservative estimate).
The fact is, the tax plans being offered by all of the GOP candidates will add people to the non-taxpaying voter roles. We're at 47% now, what will the country be like it hits 55% or 60%? Just look at the Occupy-Wall-Street crowd to see the answer.
Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan is the only one that deals with this problem and rolls back the number of non-taxpaying voters.
Why We Need Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan