We’ll see. Look at the Cain plan. It tells you exactly how he plans to implement the 9-9-9 plan. He wants the supercommittee to “pass” the plan, when they do their deficit reduction.
The supercommittee isn’t authorized to do this 9-9-9 plan, because it is revenue neutral. So he is asking them to do something outside their scope. When the debt ceiling was passed, conservatives were upset about this supercommittee, because of the fear it would tack on things having nothing to do with deficit reduction, and the congress would have to vote on it.
Because the supercommittee recommendation cannot be amended, and it is not debated in committee. It is an up-or-down vote, and a down vote means heavy cuts to military spending.
So Cain’s plan is to have the supercommittee “pass” 9-9-9, and congress vote up or down without amendment, and have Obama sign it.
Still think it is a serious plan? Then contemplate THIS — the supercommittee has to finish their work by thanksgiving. That’s a bit more than a month. Their schedule has all proposals due next week, so they can put them together.
If Cain wants them to pass 9-9-9, he has to submit a full legislative proposal to the supercommittee — unless he is expecting the ocmmittee to write his bill for him.
So, has he written the legislative bill yet? I haven’t seen it. Has he submitted it yet? I haven’t heard of it.
If Cain doesn’t submit a legislative version of 9-9-9 to the supercommittee, and then lobby hard to get them to consider it, he will have failed to do what his plan calls for.
This all changes when we kick the Democrats out of government. Then we don’t need a Super Committee.
You do know that Cain is not currently a member of the House or the Senate, so how does he submit legislation?