“They’ve been saying that for at least 2 weeks now. Maybe longer and his numbers keep rising.”
Duly noted, and I think he acquitted himself well last night. But I just feel that at some point, “the facts” have to catch up to him. He keeps saying his plan is not a VAT, yet his own analysis/advisors say it is! It may take some time for this to get sorted out, but once it does, I think a large swath of his supporters is going to think “gosh, maybe this guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about after all.”
If a retail sales tax is automatically a VAT, that means 40+ states in the Union have VAT taxes and don’t even know it.
Get my drift? Herman Cain recommended a retail sales tax at the federal level. He never recommended a VAT tax.