[SoJoCo]

The only way - apparently - to get through to the takers is to reduce their freebies.

Leave aside for a moment whether Cain's plan is fair or not. It is a tax increase for most people in this country. If you would not vote for a candidate who states that he will raise your taxes and I wouldn't vote for him, how can we expect anyone else whose taxes will be raised to vote for him?

[relictele]

I don’t disagree with you but the point - as I’m sure Cain would argue, perhaps off the record - is that a flat tax SOUNDS ‘fair’ and would draw popular support as a result.

The ignorant haven’t figured out that corporations don’t pay taxes, that banks simply pass on ‘punishment’ to the account holders, and that ‘free’ schools, clothing, food, and health care are not actually free. Call me a pessimist, but I don’t expect them to gain enlightenment on this point either.

[Jeff Winston]

Leave aside for a moment whether Cain's plan is fair or not. It is a tax increase for most people in this country. If you would not vote for a candidate who states that he will raise your taxes and I wouldn't vote for him, how can we expect anyone else whose taxes will be raised to vote for him?

We can't. For that reason, if Cain gets the nomination, we'll end up with 4 more years of Obama, unless Cain abandons or significantly modifies 9 9 9.