Herman Cain has some crazy-ass plan to raise taxes on the poor and cut taxes on the rich,
which probably explains whatever charm he has for the Right.
Yup. I have the same crazy ass hopes for such a plan except that Cain's 9 - 9 - 9 plan would be a flat income tax on ALL income above a reasonable threshhold, a 9% federal sales tax, and a 9% corporate tax.
I'm not favoring that sales tax as I see all sorts of possibilities for mischief there, but I would strongly support an across the board flat tax that everybody pays giving everybody a stake in the tax policy in this country. And a guaranteed 9% corporate tax would free up gazillions in investment capital.
It is insanity for half the population to have no investment in the tax policy other than voting to keep themselves off the tax rolls while those who are actually planning projects and hiring people are being threatened with more and more taxes by an Administration that is hell bent on keeping class envy alive and well for their own purposes.