[groanup]

Okay. But I really don't see the bad side of legislation who's first priority is a date to abolish the IRS and second priority is to force congress to re-authorize the IRS.

[Principled]

Neither do I. But doesn't HR 25 or any of the existing reform proposals accomplish the same things?

[Zon]

Between the two bills, which do you suppose K street would favor? There's another clue. Gotta run. But will return.

[phil_will1]

"Okay. But I really don't see the bad side of legislation who's first priority is a date to abolish the IRS and second priority is to force congress to re-authorize the IRS."

You are missing the point which to me is bigger than his position on tax reform. The man lied in order to get votes. In addition to Cain, he was running against Mac Collins, who also was running on the FairTax. He would have been the odd man out if he had been honest and said that he would not co-sponsor the bill.

Something similar happened two years prior in the senate race. Saxby Chambliss had been in the house for years and had never co-sponsored. I had driven to his district to ask him at a town hall meeting about doing so. All he would say is that something had to be done. Then Bob Irvin, a huge underdog in his senate race, started getting traction by promising to co-sponsor the bill if elected. Saxby then decided to co-sponsor the bill in the house and promised to introduce it into the senate if elected. At that time, the FairTax had never been introduced into the senate.

After Saxby was sworn in, he kept his word and sponored the FairTax in the senate. He has been reasonably active in supporting it, which is way more than Johnny has done.