Of course---that'll work. Kinda like no nationally mandated and designed health care.
Thanks. I will sleep well tonight.
Is there an alternative plan being proposed you favor, or do you favor the status quo? Not being combative, I’m genuinely curious. I’m intrigued by Cain’s plan because it does appear to “standardize” taxes across all levels and make it much more difficult for all the hidden taxes we get now.
Visible taxes, especially those imposed on everyone, are much harder to raise. Not impossible, but much more difficult than raising hidden taxes, or taxes that only affect a small voting block.
The comparison to health care is not a valid one. The costs of such a system are not as easily grasped for those not paying attention, and for those who don’t have basic understanding of how an economy works. (Even with this ignorance, the passage of hc came at a tremendous political price) But a visible tax is understood, and felt, very easily.
Also, this would replace the existing tax system, not imposed on top of it, so objections on the basis of “not another tax” are not valid, either.
Could it end up as 50-50-50? In theory, yes. But in practice, not nearly as likely as large-scale increases in existing taxes (since those are only paid by a small few, or are very well hidden).
You cannot compare the two.
The only people who were fighting Obamacare are the people who have to pay for it.
Under 999 everyone pays.