Do you really think such a thing has a chance of a snowball in hell getting passed in our Congress? They can’t even come up with a budget!
This is just a gimmick to get elected - this will never happen in a million years. Mr. Cain is either extremely naive about the impossibility of getting a simple plan passed - or he knows it doesn’t have a chance, but it will get him votes.
No gimmick
Brilliant gambit
The point is to contrl the board wit discussion of new direction
The outcome will be different but the present tax system will be gone
By all means, let’s avoid bold thinkers because it’s so very unlikely that their bold thinking will get enacted or even move the ball forward toward the massive tax reform our country needs.
Let’s just give up on boldness — even though plans such as Cain’s have been pushed by conservatives for literally decades (Fair Tax anyone? Flat Tax anyone?) — and elect someone who wants to reach across the aisle and tinker around the edges.
Oh, by all means, let’s never elect someone who gets votes just because he has ideas that are good for the country and that we support! That would be stupid! Vote for someone because he’s bold enough to offer a good plan that would get us closer to doing away with the tax code, eliminating the IRS and making all Americans stakeholders in the tax system? No way! Let’s elect the guy who gets votes because he’s not rocking the boat.
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