Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan gets the kiss of death from Grover Norquist
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Brian (aka trav007)
Oct 11 '11, 10:28
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But in the real world it�s not something he�d support. �If I thought it was going to be introduced as legislation, I�d urge members not to sign [on].� He terms it the �What if . . . John Lennon tax policy� and says it simply is not politically viable and indeed may �crowd out� discussion of attainable tax reform. By playing �Let�s imagine,� Cain is, according to Norquist, sidestepping the �pain and hard work of cleaning up the current mess.�
He identified several real problems with the plan, including the introduction of a new federal sales tax that would be added on, but would not replace, the personal income and corporate income tax systems. He told me, �The number of taxes matters.� He explained that states like New Jersey that introduced an income tax to mitigate against high property taxes now have both high income and high property taxes. Massachusetts has three types of taxes in contrast to New Hampshire, which has resisted an income tax. Sure enough, Norquist observe, New Hampshire has been able to keep its overall level of taxation lower than Massachusetts.
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