Commentary

9-9-9 Trial Balloons: Popped

By Quin Hillyer
Wednesday, October 12 2011

Herman Cain’s vaunted 9-9-9 tax proposal is brilliant in theory, and in a political vacuum. In principle, there is good reason to admire it. We don’t live in a political vacuum, however, and in practice it could cause major problems. The first problem is, common sense says 9-9-9 can’t raise enough revenue even for the slimmed down federal government conservatives desire. The second problem is that unless it’s defined and limited via constitutional amendment, it seems particularly vulnerable to future tax hikes. The third problem is, it would put most state and/or local…

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