That’s the weird thing. Perry also spoke favorably of the FairTax in his book, Fed Up.
So why are we debating this stupid “9-9-9” monstrosity? Why aren’t we talking about the FairTax, since Cain has been saying THAT is the correct replacement tax system?
It seems there’s this new, great tax plan, but rather than argue that we should adopt it, Cain has decided to adopt some bastardized mess of a plan that has all the bad parts of our current system (an income tax that can be as graduated as a bare majority of representatives can make it), and a national sales tax with all the problems Cain knows it would have.
Why has Cain essentially compromized with himself before he even starts? Why should we invest time and money, and the economic disruption, to switch to this 9-9-9, when it’s just a temporary measure and we’ll have to go through it all again to switch over to the FairTax?
Have you even read Cain’s website?
999 is specifically designed as a way to transition from what we have now to the Fair Tax.