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Icarys,
On the examples you keep bringing up with regard to Cain, I'm afraid we'll just have to agree to disagree. We obviously see things from different points of view.
I won't say that I feel everything Cain has said or done... or not said or done... suits me just fine, but so far I've not seen anything that particularly alarms me. Like anyone else, he has weak points and strong points. At this early date, however, I feel that Cain's strengths far outweigh his weaknesses. That may change before the election, or not. Only time will tell.
Fair enough.
I hope though you're incorrect and they see him for what I believe is the truth. His comments on the "Patriot Act", His flip flop on multiple issues including but not limited to the Fed and all of the other (What I see as) truths that are just under the surface, just bother me.
I'd love to see a Georgian in office but only if he's constitutionally sound and not sounding.
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With regard to the 9-9-9 plan, I can't say that I honestly have enough information on how it would be implemented in order to "work out the practicals". I do think, overall, it is a reasonable starting point. Our tax code is a disaster and I'm all for seriously exploring either a flat tax, national sales tax, or VAT... or some combination thereof.
Is 9% equitable? No idea at the moment.
Is what we have now equitable? Absolutely not.
I would like to hear a lot more in the way of details on Cain's 9-9-9 plan before the election. Whether or not we get those details may significantly affect how I vote.
I probably lean a lot closer to Ron Paul's idea of fixing the tax system, but I have to be realistic and admit that I don't think it would ever happen. I may have strong libertarian leanings, but I also recognize that this Country isn't made up of only (or even mostly) people who think like I do. There is going to have to be compromise on all sides.
As it stands, I'm going on his words at face value. On the surface it doesn't even sound good. 9% income tax and 9% consumption tax on people that aren't paying a lot or any at this point because they are poor. Take someone who's making 25,000 or less and work out there income based on his idea.
http://www.mybudget360.com/how-much-does-the-average-american-make-in-2010-household-income-new-data-100-million-make-less-than-40000/
How many people are making below 20,000? How will that work for them? Is it more or less tax really.
When it comes to Dr.Paul, I understand it's going to be a fight but I believe once he does a few things that he has the power to do, the economy will begin to turn around. He'll begin to garner even more support than he does now and it's growing. He works well with coalitions to get things done now and he has support from the left, a lot of it, for certain issues. So even though it will be a fight, we'll be headed in the right direction for a change. I'm not sure how you and Firm think about the war but that's one of the things I believe will be done and will liven up the economy once it is done. The other will be an audit of the Fed. He has huge support and is about to hopefully get something through. If he does and they are found to be negligent, I'm fairly sure he'll have support for closing it. I know he does with the American people.
For one of the first times in our history, especially recent history, it won't be politics as usual coming from the white house. He'll be able to do more, I believe, because of that.
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