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“Claim 2: Creating a new tax is merely setting the stage for higher rates on all taxes, as untrustworthy politicians will surely raise them. Response: First of all, that is not a criticism of the 9-9-9 plan. It is a criticism of politicians.

This is the most substantive of the criticisms levied against 9-9-9 and he pretends it’s not important by saying essentially that “well, any plan could be twisted by bad politicians.”

Herman Cain aims to please, LibertarianInExile.

Since you did not like that answer, Herman Cain argues THE EXACT OPPOSITE in my Post 195.

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November 21, 2010, By Herman Cain

"The worst idea is a proposed national sales tax, which is a disguised VAT (value added tax) on top of everything we already pay in federal taxes.

Here are three of the biggest reasons the national retail sales tax is the worst idea on the table.

First, we have a spending problem in Washington, D.C. not a revenue problem. ......

Even worse is reason number two: In every country that has established a VAT with the promise of reducing their national debt, the VAT has eventually gone up or expanded on top of the existing tax structure. ....

For the liberal naysayers who say that would not happen, you lose! Just look at the Social Security system, Medicare and Medicaid. Over the years since their inception, taxes have gone up, ...."

Giving the administration and Congress another tool to tax us and confuse us is like giving an alcoholic a key to the liquor store with no supervision, only to discover that he locks the door after he is safely inside. A national retail sales tax on top of all the confusing and unfair taxes we have today is insane! It gives the out-of-control bureaucrats and politicians in denial one more tool to lie, deceive, manipulate and destroy this country.

ROFLMAO. Yeah, I saw this, too, and I can’t understand why he says all that then likes the Fair Tax. How is that not a national retail tax?

I actually like the Fair Tax. I just don’t see how Cain can say what he’s said here and then be for either 9-9-9 OR the Fair Tax.

I know well that Mr. Cain aims to please, too—he’s all about not being for TARP now and joking about a border wall now, since other people don’t like TARP or his statements re: electrifying a fence. Cain is no reflexive conservative.