TM7,
Yes, I do think the welfare parasites should "pay their fair share", if we cannot eliminate welfare checks. They contribute nothing to the system and take from it. A sales tax would make them ante up.
There are three economic classes in our society: the producers, the moochers, and the looters. The producers are the ones that go to work, pay their taxes, and pay for their own healthcare by the sweat of their brow and the results thereof. The looters (read politicians) confiscate increasing levels of money through progressive taxation based on personal income and redistribute to the moochers, which are the welfare parasites and take from the system without paying anything in.
Heather, I do agree with you in principle, but let us face reality....the 16th Amendment is not going to go away. We cannot get the nation back into proper standing by cutting spending. The government must have revenue for operations. When you have 47% of the population not paying any income taxes (the primary source of federal funds), the tax base shrinks. At that point, you must redistribute the tax burden to expand the base number of taxpayers. That means redefining the means of taxation.
The 9% corporate income tax is so companies will stay here in America and employ Americans. The US currently has a 35% corporate income tax rate, Obama wants to increase that rate. Companies and jobs will go to China and the USA will never see an economic recovery. The 9% personal income tax rate will give working Americans more money in their pockets to purchase goods and services, creating more jobs for Americans. The 9% sales tax expands the tax base to catch the welfare parasites and others who pay no taxes.
It may not be the best plan out there, but it is infintely better than anything Obummer can devise. Mr. Cain wants to get this company back to its position of prestige in the world, and only a businessman knows how to accomplish that goal.
ST762