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Nothing illustrates the unconventional
nature of this election cycle better than the
presidential campaign of Georgia's own favor
ite son, Herman Cain. I guess I should have
added an exclamation point to that last sen
tence and referred to him as "Herman Cain!"
to keep it consistent with the title of his new
biography. This is Herman Cain!.
Cain is a walking exclamation point in
American politics, an aggressive burst of
energy who has climbed to a strong posi
tion among voters likely to participate in the
Republican presidential primaries.
He is an entertaining politician
because he's willing to say any
thing, no matter how outrageous,
if he thinks his audience wants
to hear it. If too many people
object to what he said, Cain will
then insist it was all a joke, at
the same time adding he really
wants to do it anyway. We saw-
this a few weeks ago when Cain
declared he would erect an electri
fied fence along the Mexican border
to kill anyone who tried to enter this country
illegally.
"It's going to be 20 feet high," Cain
vowed. "It's going to have barbed wire on the
top. It's going to be electrified."
There were some who thought that was a
bit much, including Hispanic conservatives
who had been Republicans but announced
they were now switching parties. Cain quickly
said the remark about electrocuting immi
grants was just a joke, then went on: "I don't
apologize for using a combination of a fence.
And it might be electrified. I'm not walking
away from that. I just don't want to offend
anyone."
The contradictions of Cain's candidacy can
also be seen in his catchy tax proposal called
the "9-9-9" plan. He wants to eliminate the
current federal tax system and replace it with
a flat 9 percent personal income tax, a 9 per
cent corporate income tax, and a 9 percent
sales tax.
Cain's plan has been popular among the
Tea Party activists, but you wonder how many
of them have thought through what would
happen if the 9-9-9 proposal was enacted.
Economists who have run the numbers say
Cain's plan would mean higher taxes for more
than 80 percent of Americans. The ones who
would benefit from lower taxes are those in
the highest income brackets.
If your annual income is more than
$200,000, your taxes would be a little lower
under the Cain plan. If your annual income
exceeds $1 million, your taxes would be
a lot lower.
Most Georgia consumers already
pay a 7 percent state sales tax on
the products they purchase. If
you add the 9 percent sales tax
that is part of Cain's plan, your
total sales tax on every purchase
would go up to 16 percent. If
you bought a car with a price of
$25,000, you'd be charged $4,000
in sales tax.
I've been told that the "tea" in Tea
Party stands for "taxed enough already." Some
of my Tea Party friends are going bonkers over
a presidential candidate whose economic plan
would mean higher federal taxes for the great
majority of them as well as a 16 percent sales
tax on their purchases.
Herman Cain is an energetic guy who's a
compelling speaker and knows how to get a
crowd fired up. He also is proposing to raise
the taxes of most of the people who turn out
for his campaign events so that millionaires
can get a tax break.
It's a strange way to run for president,
but these are strange and desperate times for
many Americans. Herman Cain may be just
what a lot of people are looking for.
Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com
Tom Crawford is editor of The Georgia Report, an
Internet news service at gareport.com that reports on
government and politics in Georgia.
THIS MIHIN W«RL»
WE TURN NOW TO AN EXCLUSIVE
Action MCNCWS NEWS M'BULLETIN!
WE'VE JUST RECEIVED WORD
THAT THERE IS NO more
POVERTY IN AMERICA!
by TOM TOMORROW
THANKS BIFF.' I'M STANDING IN
ONE Of OUR CITY'S PURPORTEDLY
LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS,
WHERE A FEW SHORT MINUTES
AGO, I WITNESSED AN ALLEGEDLY
‘•POOR 11 PERSON--
NOW JUST TO BE SURE, I FOL
LOWED HIM HOME AND PEERED
IN THROUGH HIS WINDOWS, WHERE
I OBSERVED THAT HE HAS BOTH
KITCHEN APPLIANCES, AND—
AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME —
A WORKING TELEVISION!
SINCE THESE THINGS WOULD CON
STITUTE UNPARALLELED RICHES
IN MANY THIRD-WORLD NATIONS,
THE CONCLUSION IS INESCAPABLE-
POVERTY IN THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN
VASTLY OVERSTATEDf
i czzuzobbe:
BACK TO YOU, BIFF AND WANDA.'
THANKS, BETTY.' WELL, WANDA, IT'S
LIKE I ALWAYS SUSPECTED—UN
LESS YOU ARE LITERALLY LIVING
IN A CARDBOARD BOX, YOU HAVE
NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.'
AND IF You ARE
LIVING IN A BOX,
IT'S UNDOUBTEDLY
YOUR OWN FAULT,
SO YOU STILL CAN T
IT UP
BACK AFTER
THESE
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