Libs also do not want We The People to have more power over how much we send in to the FedGov — and that’s exactly what a plan such as 999 does.
It empowers us to pay less in taxes because we control our discretionary consumer spending.
Libs hate that if we all got mad about what the FedGov was doing we could go on a consumer strike and make a dent in FedGov revenues, such that FedGov may even have to start listening.
The fact is that the 999 plan has deep roots in the types of massive tax reform (e.g., Fair and Flat taxes) that conservatives have been pushing for decades.
Should we keep on massaging 999 to make it the best possible reform? Yes. But yapping against it from the get-go seems incredibly short-sighted: as conservatives, we have been waiting for someone to throw out the tax code, get rid of the IRS, and make everyone a stakeholder for decades!
These are all things 999 are intended to accomplish.
“It empowers us to pay less in taxes because we control our discretionary consumer spending.”
I am sure businesses will be simply delighted that you buy less of their products to save on the taxes. Then of course, those businesses will make less and less money, which I’m sure will stimulate the economy./s
So, businesses will save on corporate taxes, but have a heck of a lot less customers who will turn to the black market or under the table deals to buy goods. Sounds like at most a wash to me.
Oh, and don’t have a family, as that family will need all sorts of goods, especially younger families with kids and needing big ticket items, like homes, stoves, fridges, furniture, household items, etc., not to mention electricity, water, gas, fuel, etc. And not having a payroll tax to pay isn’t going to help them out a lot as half of that payroll tax is paid by their employers, so the savings to the employee is only about 7-8 percent, not the 15% as Cain proclaims. This ain’t what its made out to be folks. No panacea here.
“It empowers us to pay less in taxes because we control our discretionary consumer spending.”
I am sure businesses will be simply delighted that you buy less of their products to save on the taxes. Then of course, those businesses will make less and less money, which I’m sure will stimulate the economy./s
So, businesses will save on corporate taxes, but have a heck of a lot less customers who will turn to the black market or under the table deals to buy goods. Sounds like at most a wash to me.
Oh, and don’t have a family, as that family will need all sorts of goods, especially younger families with kids and needing big ticket items, like homes, stoves, fridges, furniture, household items, etc., not to mention electricity, water, gas, fuel, etc. And not having a payroll tax to pay isn’t going to help them out a lot as half of that payroll tax is paid by their employers, so the savings to the employee is only about 7-8 percent, not the 15% as Cain proclaims. This ain’t what its made out to be folks. No panacea here.