Black CEO Runs as Conservative Republican in Senate Race

www.salestax.org ^ | September 19, 2003 | Jimmy Moore

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Cain describes himself as an "anti-tax code advocate" in favor of a national sales tax who will take "an entrepreneurial approach to this race." Cain is a friend of former Republican presidential candidates and fellow fiscal conservatives Jack Kemp and Steve Forbes.

"We not only face terrorism as an evil," Cain believes. "The income tax code is evil."

This guy makes me want to move to Georgia just so I can vote for him. Brilliant!

[TomServo]

Posted here.

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I take it you know Mr. Cain? Your colleagues at Project 21 do. What are your thoughts?

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oops. please axe the post, or link it to the other article. sorry!

[Malcolm]

I will consider this person's positions on the issues and other things, but I believe that Collins is the best bet. We should follow a formula that works, and former Rep Chambliss' 2002 background and campaign, (sitting conservative Republican Congressman runs), fits Collins more than the moderate Isakson or this mentioned individual.

I voted for Alan Keyes in the 2000 Presidental primary, so I have no hangups about voting for a black conservative. The SOS of Ohio is a black conservative; too bad both Ohio Senators are Republicans. He will probably be the first to make it. Edward Brooke was the last black GOP Senator, from Mass. It ain't like it hasn't happened before folks.....

[TomServo]

No need to yank this. Just pointing to another discussion..

[RJCogburn]

Edward Brooke was the last black GOP Senator, from Mass. It ain't like it hasn't happened before folks.....

Yet hardly conservative.

[Malcolm]

Hmmm, I can't find anything in my post that said he was. You must be able to see invisible ink.....

[One_who_hopes_to_know]

Crack ....

The Democrat dominance of the black vote begins to crumble.

[irv]

I want to hear more about this guy before I make up my mind. His support for a national sales tax is a HUGE point against him. But where does he stand on issues that have nothing to do with money? What makes him really Conservative?

[OldFriend]

Do I remember a conversation he had with her heinous very early in the clinton administration.

He assertded that he could not afford to provide his part time workers with health care. It was cause the cost of his pizza to rise so much no one would buy them.

Didn't her heinous retort.....I can't be responsible for every undercapitalized business.

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What makes him really Conservative?

First and foremost, his support of a tax plan that returns control of how much tax is paid to the individual is pretty redically conservative. It drains power from the control freaks in Washington, and it removes the perpetual state of jeopardy in which the IRS holds us all. The rest of his views I don't know, that's why I pinged mhking for more info. Keep in mind that this article was posted on an anti-income tax site, so that's the dominant point of his profile here.

I have to disagree with you on the sales tax issue. Taxing income is Marxist to the core. A NRST isn't a perfect plan, but it sure beats what we have now, and it seems to be the most politically viable. I'm all for it.

[JohnnyZ]

His support for a national sales tax is a HUGE point against him. But where does he stand on issues that have nothing to do with money? What makes him really Conservative?

Why do you think replacing with income tax with a sales tax is a negative? I think it's a hugh positive.

He's pro-life, pro-gun, conservative pretty much right down the line as far as I know.

[JohnnyZ]

It ain't like it hasn't happened before folks.....

Not recently (elected), not in the South, and not with a conservative.

J. Kenneth Blackwell will be the next governor of Ohio.

I like Collins, real man of the people, but Cain is such an articulate conservative and would be a highly effective advocate for conservatism on a national scale. PLUS he'd bring blacks into the GOP fold.

[MonroeDNA]

Cain bump!!!!!

[MonroeDNA]

"His support for a national sales tax is a HUGE point against him...."

Why?

[OldCorps]

ga bump

[mhking]

I take it you know Mr. Cain? Your colleagues at Project 21 do. What are your thoughts?

I don't know Mr. Cain directly; I have yet to have the pleasure.

I'm very impressed with the message I've received from him thus far, though, and at this point, he's my leading candidate for the Senate seat.

[Kuksool]

***"Wouldn't that be a very strong message by the state of Georgia, to have a black Democrat running against a black Republican?" Cain wondered. "It would set up a very interesting dynamic, but I still think we would be able to win."***

This is reason enough to nominate Herman Cain. A Herman Cain Senate candidacy could trigger a much needed honest debate about race relations in America.

[irv]

Why?

I'm from New York, where we have both a sales tax and an income tax. Like the income tax, the sales tax is gerry-rigged to appeal to different constituencies. High taxes on cigarettes, no tax at all on food, and infrequent "tax amnesty" periods on things like clothing to boost sales (which are then taxed as income) and allow the politicians to pretend to be against high taxes.

Spreading this repressive (and hugely expensive) system to the entire nation is insane.

I prefer a flat tax. It fits within the (admittedly horrid) system we already have, it's fair, and it has no hidden gotchas.

And before anyone says, "Oh, we'll have just the national sales tax and get rid of the income tax" forget it. I haven't even seen a proposal to amend the Constitution to eliminate the income tax. It's NOT going away.