This 999 plan is a joke. It penalizes large families with the sales tax and still taxes the same amount on income. Retaining the corporate tax is just another burden since all corporate taxes are passed on to the consumer.
How so?
Let's say, for now, that it costs more to maintain a large family than a small family.
If prices go up, FOR ANY REASON, it still costs more to maintain a large family than a small family.
If prices go down, FOR ANY REASON, it still costs more to maintain a large family than a small family.
For example, if the state raises its sales tax -- or decreases its sales tax -- it still costs more to maintain a large family than a small family.
Where's the "penalty" in that?
Should large families not have to pay whatever it costs to maintain themselves, even though they are a large family?
Then there's the fact that large families do NOT always cost more to maintain than small families.
Example:
A family with seven kids. Mom takes the kids to Wal-Mart & buys each child a new pair of shoes costing $20. The shoe bill is $140.
A family with two kids. Mom takes one child to Wal-Mart & buys him a new pair of shoes costing $20. She takes the other kid to a specialty store because he requires custom-made orthotics. His shoes cost $225. The shoe bill is $245.
Using your argument, in this case, the smaller family would be "penalized" (by which I guess you mean "have to pay more").
So are you saying Cain's plan is a joke because large families might pay MORE THAN THEY DO NOW for stuff?