Thursday, October 13, 2011
Plan 999 or Plan 666?
Herman Cain, front runner for the Republican party, could very well be the most dangerous man in politics today. His 999 plan is truly a horror story unfolded. While watching MSNBC's "Lawrence O'Donnell Show", Mr. O'Donnell gave veiwers a sneak peak at Mr. Cain's 999 plan. Mr. Cain's plan outlines a 9% tax increase in three categories: a 9 percent income tax, a 9 percent business transactions tax and a 9 percent federal sales tax. Which is a bad idea for the poor and working class. Currently poor and working class pay 7% in taxes while their employers match that. Then it gets worse! Mr. Cain wants to do away with Medicare and Social Security and have the state, city or church foot the bill. Meaning for those who depend on those benefits would have to rely on the state, which is underfunded; the city, which is also underfunded and your local church. His solution to anyone on social security is to just go to your local church every month and ask for a handout. Excuse me?! Yeah, right!!He also suggests that anyone on welfare should stop receiving benefits and just go door to door asking for help. Is he serious?! I was completely riveted to my seat listening and reading excerpts from Cain's plan. It was truly a frightening segment. While I am all for welfare reform and putting money back into the state, Mr. Cain's plan is a truly harmful one. Also, upon furthered investigation I found out that the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza has no real political background. Yet he is leading in the polls and is the Republican front runner. Is this the best they can come up with? To me, I feel that this basically nothing more than a desperate plea of "Hey, Democrats, you have your black man and now we have one too" kind of mentality. It's sick and wrong! Sadly, the Republican really have no one to challenge the current president. However, Mr. Cain is really not a good political match. While I admire his accomplishments as a successful black entrepreneur, I cannot support or stand by him in a political field. He would truly turn America into a third world country!!
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