Most love the first two 9s in Presidential contender Herman Cainâ??s 9-9-9 planâ??a 9% flat personal income tax and a 9% flat corporate tax. Every wage earner wins here, although the poor less so. Most also share Cainâ??s desire to stop the tax code from social engineering by influencing our economic choices. The plan â??is neutral with respect to savings and consumption, capital and labour,â? Cain states.
The only big knock against Cainâ??s plan comes in the third 9%â??a national sales tax that, his critics say, would hit the poor hard
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