"Given the Republican Party has a unparalleled history of being unable or unwilling to truly scale back the size and scope of the federal government and its creeping socialism, do we really want the Republican Party to be the party to introduce a national sales tax or VAT tax without first repealing the income tax?"
There's also the question of to what extent Cain is a jerk. He certainly is one towards Perry for whom he expresses a personal animus. He refuses to apologize for implying that Perry was somehow "insensitive" regarding the Niggerhead Rock smear, and told Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday (10/05) that:
"If it's one of those other candidates up there (who gets the nomination instead of him), I am going to support them 100%. If Governor Perry gets the nomination, I will still support him, but it won't be 100%."
Sorry, but this is simply being a jerk. Perry wants to repeal the 16th and 17th Amendments, and drastically reduce the size and power of the federal government via the 10th Amendment, while Romney as an establishment RINO will do none of this. But Cain could get behind the RINO and not the 10th Amendment guy?
His argument is particularly pathetic, misconstruing Perry's stand on illegal immigration. The hypocrisy is glaring, for, as the regional manager of hundreds of Burger Kings and CEO of Godfather's Pizza, he employed hundreds if not thousands of illegals. Has anyone ever asked him what actions he took to ensure the businesses he ran hired no illegals?
There's a lot to like in Herman Cain but there's a lot to give one pause as well.
“Perry wants to repeal the 16th and 17th Amendments”
Lots of people want that ... but it’s a pipe dream. It’s why the FAIR Tax is a pipe dream. You need 67 senators to make repeal happen, and we will never get there (same on Human Life Amendment).
Cain’s 9-9-9 plan is the only realistic way to shift to consumption taxes. OTOH, it is a valid concern that adding another tax, like a VAT, without outlawing income taxes, will open us up to higher taxes if/when Democrats get back in power.
The rest of Dr Wheeler’s attack on Cain is BS.