I wonder how 9-9-9 would affect a member of congress with all their perks.
Truth is Government employees don’t pay tax in the first place, it is an illusion, because the money all comes out of the same taxpayer pot in the first place, it works sort of like Union Dues. Corporations likewise pay no tax, they collect tax for the government.
Someone should make a definitive study of the imbedded tax in every product. Cain made a half hearted attempt to illustrate that in the cost of a loaf of bread.
If he had used actual figures that showed the cost before and after the current imbedded tax and the 9% sales tax. Should be easy to illustrate, if what he claims is true, and I believe it is.