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My family will pay a lot more in taxes and that we can’t afford. This plan would also end tax deductions for home, health etc.

I understand your concerns since I'm scraping by just like most people. Let me see if I can explain it a different way.

If corporate taxes are lowered from 35% and all the loopholes that create unfair competition were gone the free market would force prices down drastically. Would you be willing to pay a 9% sales tax if it came with a 25% decrease in prices?

Tax deductions are the tools our government uses to control our behavior. If everyone pays the same tax rate regardless of whether we buy a house or rent, have a stay at home parent or pay for child care, buy your own health insurance or get it through work then we are more free. Deductions are one of the greatest baits that have been used for decades to lead us into the trap we are in now.

Deductions are one of the greatest baits that have been used for decades to lead us into the trap we are in now.

You are speaking truth.
It is frustrating to see how ingrained the current tax system is in people's brains. They cannot see how it shackles them. Herman Cain needs to stick with it. I hope eventually people will realize that his system will raise taxes for some and reduce them for others. But they will be able to live by their own choices and not the social engineering inflicted on them by our current tax system.