Thursday, October 13, 2011

As we say in Germany ...

Nein-Nein-Nein!:

Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, touts his own business experience in his quest for the Republican nomination. His calls his fix for the economy his "9-9-9" plan.

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"It will raise taxes on the poor," said Roberton Williams, of the non partisan Tax Policy Center. "It will cut taxes on the rich." Williams calls 9-9-9 a double hit on low income Americans. The 30 million households that now pay no federal taxes would start paying 9 percent - plus the 9 percent sales tax on consumer goods including food, medicine and gas. Upper income Americans meanwhile would see their top 35 percent income tax rate slashed to 9 percent.

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Personally, I hope Herman Cain wins the nom. I can't wait to see how the news media would spin the general election. I can see the Fox graphic now. "Election 2012: The Battle of the Blacks" or "Election 2012: The Darkening of the White House". I just wish it was over already. I don't know if I can take all this crazy for another year. I'm nuts enough as it is.

Great thanks to Blue Girl for the link.

3 comments:

David Aquarius said...

I know I sound like a TeaBagger/Rethug but we need a constitutional amendment that spells out our elections. From the elimination of the electoral college to limiting contributions, and including who votes, where and how governments have to administer them.

I favor a rotating schedule of debates and primaries/caucuses that can't start before Easter of the election year. No one state has the monopoly on a certain spot because they rotate. Media will be required to provide, free, a certain amount of time for debates. But mostly a cap on what can be spent.

Of course, there are lots of holes in this but we got to do something or we'll be in campaign mode 24/7 all year every year. Shit won't get done.

(Ha! I made a funny!)

Fixer said...

Media will be required to provide, free, a certain amount of time for debates. But mostly a cap on what can be spent.

Welcome to Europe!

merlallen said...

I think it would be funny as hell if he got the nomination. First of all because he doesn't really want it and secondly because he wouldn't win a single state. Especially the southern states.