Here's a summary of what crunching Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan would do to taxes for the wealthy and the rest of us:
"A middle income household making between about $64,000 and $110,000 would get hit with an average tax increase of about $4,300, lowering its after-tax income by more than 6 percent and increasing its average federal tax rate (including income, payroll, estate and its share of the corporate income tax) from 18.8 percent to 23.7 percent. By contrast, a taxpayer in the top 0.1% (who makes more than $2.7 million) would enjoy an average tax cut of nearly$1.4 million, increasing his after-tax income by nearly 27 percent. His average effective tax rate would be cut almost in half to 17.9 percent. In Cain’s world, a typical household making more than $2.7 million would pay a smaller share of its income in federal taxes than one making less than $18,000. This would give Warren Buffet severe heartburn."
—Herman Glickeman
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President Obama deported a record number of illegal aliens without electrocuting human beings as Cain, et al propose. This in addition to the termination of tyrannical despots on his watch that the Repubes were unable to achieve. It would be the upright thing to do for the Repubes and Teapocrits to acknowledge all this and to support and stand behind their elected leader, as true citizens should do.
Came upon Herman Cain on TV speaking to an audience and being interviewed. This man has no business running for president! He is uneducated, does not have a grasp on the issues. He's as much - if not more - uninformed as Bush Jr., spouting ingnorant slogans and "isms" to rile an equally uninformed, uneducated crowd up. He spoke of "energy independence" and of giving the EPA an "attitude adjustment" as president. When asked what one thing he would change about the current administration's energy policy in the last three years he repeated the question (a telltale sign of buying time while mentally fishing for an answer) and then came up with "I wouldn't let them tell us what kind of lightbulbs to buy! We Americans want choice!" a total non-answer, irrelevant and plain old dumb. He is so obviously, blatantly out of his depth.
Cain and any would be candidate should be made to take and pass the United States Citizenship test in order to be able to run for President. And no cheating. This would eliminate the majority of the current yo-yo's out there.
Just got this email from a friend who is a middle school assistant principal. Entitled "Aunt Dorothy lays Herman Cain out" it is the most right on target expose of this charlatan I've seen:
MESSAGE TO HERMAN CAIN
The greeting on your website says, "we are looking forward to hearing from you", but I'm not sure you will be lookingforward to hearing from me, Mr. Cain
I saw on the internet that you called the President a liar. I deplore what you are doing and the things you are saying about the President in order to gain favor with these greedy, thieving, selfish, Republicans. How dare you call President Obama a liar. You are a pathetic, obviously brainwashed black man who has lost his way and his mind. You have had opportunity and a smattering of privilege in America that has made you forget your roots. I despise people like you and Clarence Thomas, and you both have Georgia roots.
What is it with you black men from the south who grow up in an oppressed environment and end up siding with the oppressor? The recent case of Troy Davis in Georgia is an excellent example of the present day oppression and legal lynching that still takes place in that state and in this country. The political party that you praise so highly is presently enacting laws to suppress the black vote, the student vote, and many elderly voters across this entire country. Yet, you choose to stand with people who display such obscene and un-American behavior. You would throw black people (including the President of the U.S.) and others under the bus to curry favor with these non-caring and hedonistic people.
You were there when your Republican cohorts cheered about the death penalty which disproportionately affects black men and women in this country - some of whom have been proven to be innocent. You should be ashamed to stand with these people and yet, you appear to be proud of such an association.
Yes, President Obama does believe in fairness and sharing the responsibility of the tax burden, it is not socialism nor is it class warfare, and he is not a liar for saying it. That kind of rhetoric from you and those with whom you identify is nothing more than a weak defense for the greedy and despicable philosophy that you choose to embrace.
You had the unmitigated gall to tell Wolf Blitzer on CNN that two thirds of African-American people are brainwashed and incapable of thinking for themselves. You are surely touched in the head. The millions of us who are capable of thinking for ourselves - we know who is really brainwashed - you - brainwashed whiter than snow.
Do you really think those people with whom you stand on the debating platform really respect you and see you as their equal? They as well as others see you as a joke and a person who is engaging in buffoonery. A Republican majority House and Senate would never pass your "so called" 999 plan. They would never deem it in their best interest. Besides, there are many who believe your plan is a coded message from Satan. If you flip the numbers they become the 666 plan.
You will never be President of this country, and I thank God for that. I must say, you certainly live up to your last name. Just as Cain in the Bible so blatantly slew his brother, you are equally willing to do the same politically and economically to millions of black and middle class citizens of this country. Such behavior is extremely ugly, and need I remind you, Mr. Cain, that God does not like ugly.
P.S. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm having a nice day, I would tell you what I really think about you.
IF YOU ARE TIRED OF WHITE AND BLACK REPUBLICANS CALLING PRESIDENT OBAMA A LIAR-
PLEASE FORWARD THIS SO OTHERS MAY KNOW THE TRUTH.
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