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Changes Coming to 9-9-9? (One of Cain's advisers says national sales tax a non-starter)
National Review ^
| 10/19/2011
| Andrew Stiles
Posted on 10/19/2011 10:09:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
I am 100% fine with 9-9-9 becoming 12-12, or something of that level.
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:13:05 AM PDT
by
ilgipper
(Everything you get from the government was taken from someone else)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:14:52 AM PDT
by
Fred
(But we are never going to survive unless we get a little crazy)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:15:47 AM PDT
by
Fred
(But we are never going to survive unless we get a little crazy)
To: SeekAndFind
Great. The sales tax is THE way to make those who pay nothing pay into the system.
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:15:59 AM PDT
by
teenyelliott
(www.therightscoop.com/herman-cain-brings-the-house-down-at-values-voter-summit/)
To: SeekAndFind
If a sales tax is a non-starter as part of the 9-9-9 plan then how can the Fair Tax ever be considered much less implemented?
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:16:11 AM PDT
by
SoJoCo
To: Fred
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:16:21 AM PDT
by
justsaynomore
(Cain 2012 - http://teamcain.hermancain.com)
To: Fred
Art Laffer endorses 999 and goes over the plan in this article. I'm not sure what 9-9-9 plan Laffer is talking about but his article speaks of an exemption for people below the poverty level that the plan doesn't contain.
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:18:28 AM PDT
by
SoJoCo
To: ilgipper
RE: I am 100% fine with 9-9-9 becoming 12-12, or something of that level.
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If 9-9-9 EVER becomes law, I’d really like to see WHO will even attempt to change one of those numbers to a higher one.
He’d be singled out for political crucifixion by both high and low income wage earners (who will now be paying something) alike.
To: SoJoCo
non-starter politically is what he said. Says nothing about being a non-starter economically. As a matter of fact, it was proposed as an economical answer.
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:22:27 AM PDT
by
mazda77
(and I am a Native Texan)
To: ilgipper; Fred
9-9-9. Now 12-12. They can’t get their stories straight.
This is a diversion from 15 Trillion, 15 Trillion, Fifteen Trillion in spending.
So, all you conservatives that want to stop the insanity and not drive the country off a cliff,instead, go argue about how to best fund the Federal Government.
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:22:37 AM PDT
by
ngat
To: SeekAndFind
by both high and low income wage earners (who will now be paying something)
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brilliant point.
finally we’d have a system, that doesn’t allow NON-taxpayers, to VOTE for tax increases on OTHERS !
not to mention the other benefits of the plan,
like INSTANTLY making USA produced products 40% MORE competitive in the world...
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:23:24 AM PDT
by
Elendur
(It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. - Thomas Jefferson)
To: SeekAndFind
The sales tax portion of the plan is the piece that puts skin in the game for every American equally as well as every illegal immigrant and visitor to our nation. It is the only totally transparent tax -- the standard bearer that when shaken the nation goes on alert. Without that piece, the whole plan is worthless. Both the Democrats and Republicans who have built careers out of muddying tax code will rebel against a national sales tax. They fear it. As well they should.
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:25:24 AM PDT
by
so_real
( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
To: mazda77
non-starter politically is what he said. Says nothing about being a non-starter economically. As a matter of fact, it was proposed as an economical answer. OK, so if a sales tax is a non-starter politically as part of the 9-9-9 plan then how can the Fair Tax ever be considered politically much less implemented?
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:25:54 AM PDT
by
SoJoCo
To: All
I wonder how 9-9-9 would affect a member of congress with all their perks.
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:30:05 AM PDT
by
Terry Mross
(I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
To: SoJoCo
Simple. HE IS NOT A POLITICIAN, but the rest of them are! Does that help in answering the other question in the back of your mind as to why he has been gaining in support, even without the money?
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:30:31 AM PDT
by
mazda77
(and I am a Native Texan)
To: teenyelliott
Great. The sales tax is THE way to make those who pay nothing pay into the system. Same here. The tax concept should be "We don't care how you get your money, we'll get you when you spend it." (wire transfers to Mexico, et al, come to mind)
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:34:20 AM PDT
by
Oatka
("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
To: SeekAndFind
Awe heck, they will just approve “temporary” increases.
We know how the suckers always fall for that old line. ;-)
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:36:39 AM PDT
by
Average Al
(Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
To: SeekAndFind
"set the payroll tax at 9 percent across the board (a reduction from current levels), while eliminating the existing cap on the amount of income from wages that can be taxed."I can accept the following: 9% employee payroll tax, 9% employer match, (both of the preceding dedicated to SS benefits and Medicare), 9% flat rate income tax with an exclusion of Social Security Benefits, plus the 9% corporate.
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:39:17 AM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(9-9-9 ? Just say No! No! No!)
To: mazda77
That’s what I was thinking while reading the article. “Non starter politically”? That’s what Cain is all about. I doubt he’s going to capitulate to a statement like that. He’ll let Chuck Shumer and Mitch McConnell tell the American people why saving 12.00 for every 100.00 you spend is bad for them.
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posted on
10/19/2011 10:44:34 AM PDT
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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