We don’t need our president to be a mathemetician, especially when he is bad at it.
Cain’s proposal is counter to conservatism. He proposes new taxes when what we need are spending cuts.
He is woefully lacking in leadership ability.
“Cain’s proposal is counter to conservatism.”
Why, because they’re new? Conservatives have to stick with what exists, no matter what it is? In which case, I guess, every Republican since Reagan was wrong to push back against the New Deal and the Great Society (however weakly). Anything that’s existed for 80+ years must be worth conserving.
“He proposes new taxes when what we need are spending cuts.”
I agree, spending cuts are the main problem. But we can do both. And in case you haven’t noticed, one of the big attractions of the national sales tax is that, unlike what many hoped of marginal income tax cuts, it has a fair chance of helping reduce spending. Not that Cain talks up this aspect, since naturally it would be unpopular.
You’re right but so many people here have latched onto him, apparently for emotional reasons, and will hear nothing against him.
They will defend him even if they have to make it up.