About that "9-9-9" Plan

As usual, Hillyer comes up with the realities.

Well, I briefly interviewed Mr. Robbins today.  [Robbins 'scored' the plan.]

...“If you cut out all the special treatments [in the tax code], you can cut the rate an awful lot. That’s a valuable message.” Cain, he said, merits praise for putting that message front and center in the campaign: “Give Mr. Cain the credit for injecting into the campaign a better way to go.  You tax money once and only once.” That’s a great prescription, he said, for growth.

...Robbins scored it using “absolutely static” analysis, meaning his scoring should be unassailable from even halfway-fair-minded critics. Indeed, he told me that scored dynamically, Cain’s plan would bring in probably 15 percent more revenue than the current tax system does.

Robbins dismisses the "it can be raised" concern by reminding Hillyer that 'it would be sold as '9-9-9' and people will remember that; the backlash on a tax increase would be significant.'

Paul Ryan likes it because Cain has the guts to make a firm proposal; Robbins likes it because it works (although he might do it differently, given the opportunity.)

Why not?  I'll tell you why not:  the CPA and tax-attorney lobbies OWN Congress.