[SoJoCo]

No more class warfare calls for raising tax rates.

Except that a plan for raising the rates on about half the people in the country is going to give the Democrats the 'class warfare' flag to use against the GOP. And don't think they won't be waving it for all they're worth.

The biggest problem I forsee is the temptation of congress to slowly reintroduce deductions for various things.

The biggest problem I see is getting the majority of people to vote for a man who has said they will raise their taxes.

[Brookhaven]

The biggest problem I see is getting the majority of people to vote for a man who has said they will raise their taxes.

The argument that needs to be emphasized is that prices will go down more than enough to cover any "tax increase." I'm not sure how much of the current price of food is taxes (I'm pretty sure some fair taxer can find this) but I know it's pretty substantial.

Lowering the business tax rate from 35% to 9% will cause the price of food to drop more than enough to cover the additional federal sales tax. At the end of the day, the consumer will walk out of the store having paid less (including sales taxes) than they do today.

The other things that need to be emphasized are:

• the max tax rate is 17.19%, not 18%.
• employers pay a 7.65% tax for workers (1/2 of payroll tax) that is eliminated, so workers should see their base pay increase by 7.65%.
• workers pay a 15.3% payroll tax, which is eliminated under the Cain plan, so the max tax increase they'll see is 1.89% (17.19% - 15.3%).
• becuase retail prices will drop, workers should end up with more money in their pocket under the Cain plan, even though technically their tax rate has gone up

I admit it's a complicated argument, and we live in a sound bite society.