Isn’t 999 a transitional plan to either a flat tax of a fair tax?
Not to my liking either.
Flat tax works for me.
It’s supposed to be a bridge to the Fair Tax.
Yes. These two plans are not going to mutually exclusive.
If they are the type of thing that can be melded into an even better plan than is on the table now, no reason that can’t happen.
And, hey, ideas are not the province of any particular candidate. In my view, Perry could come up with the best tax plan in the world and all that means is we now have the best tax plan in the world to try to get implemented. It doesn’t necessarily mean to me that Perry is the man who can do (or who otherwise should be President).
Also, the more I analyze and read up on the NRST part of Cain’s 999 plan, the more I think it is not only tolerable, but good and then necessary. We MUST broaden the tax base (make more people taxpayers) and the NRST is about the only way to do that and do that quickly enough to forestall the taking class from going over 50% of the population.
Only if you believe that there will be a super-majority of Republicans long enough to enact the 9-9-9 plan... and that the super-majority will last long enough to enact the flat tax afterwards.
Or in other words, fat chance. Democrats will salivate over enacting the 9-9-9 part, as it’ll give the Federal government a sales tax. Then they’ll do everything possible to block the flat tax. And after time, the electorate *WILL* eventually give control back to the Democrats.
And then you’ll see just how much fun it can be with Democrats in control of a national sales tax.
(Change the tax point to each time anything is sold, whether it be wholesale or retail... look’s GREAT! Voila! VAT tax on the sly.)