[cookcounty]

"You're right that his website needs to step it up on detail. But Cain has said more than once that it would not include housing or used items. None of the state income sales taxes include housing or used items-----for extremely obvious reasons."

RESPONSE: "So Cain contradicts himself. Which version are we to believe?"

What contradiction?. His website says nothing about sales taxes on housing or used items, and in his speeches and interviews he has stated these would not be taxed. It defies common sense. How can you police garage sales? Next thing you'll be saying he wants to tax singing the national anthem because his website didn't say he wouldn't.

[SoJoCo]

His website says nothing about sales taxes on housing or used items, and in his speeches and interviews he has stated these would not be taxed.

If he's constantly making this stuff up as he goes along it's hard to gauge exactly what the impact of his plan is. For example, he claims that his 9-9-9 plan is revenue neutral. But if he's constantly adding things to the list of tax exempt items then it's hard to see how that is possible. What set of figures is he going from at any given moment?

It defies common sense. How can you police garage sales?

OK then how about this? I go to my local Ford dealer. If I buy a new car from him it's taxed an additional 9%. What if I buy a used car from him? Taxed or not? What about an existing house? A pair of pants from the Goodwill Store? Are those taxed?

Next thing you'll be saying he wants to tax singing the national anthem because his website didn't say he wouldn't.

Cain's site doesn't say that service charges are exempt. If I contract someone to sing the National Anthem then that is a service, and I would expect it to be taxed at 9% just like a furnace repair or a haircut or a doctor's visit.