tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post4810915396865639649..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Analysis: Cain's 9-9-9 PlanAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-83702788058657048502011-10-18T17:50:13.072-04:002011-10-18T17:50:13.072-04:00rlaWTX! Thanks! We're glad you visit! :)
Ye...rlaWTX! Thanks! We're glad you visit! :)<br /><br />Yes, there will be a wrap up in the morning.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-32021986551963503072011-10-18T17:49:29.415-04:002011-10-18T17:49:29.415-04:00rlaWTX, I think there's more going on than jus...rlaWTX, I think there's more going on than just "not bad." I really do think we've stumbled upon an inspired choice in Cain. And even with the others, there are some good choices for once. Plus, the public seems to be in a mood to listen for once, rather than just voting for whichever bland candidate is next in line.<br /><br />(P.S. On foreign policy, I'm not sure yet who I would recommend. Let me think about that one!)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-87823157619665414032011-10-18T17:48:24.820-04:002011-10-18T17:48:24.820-04:00I look forward to the sock-puppet commentary (read...I look forward to the sock-puppet commentary (read after the debate, which gives it a different feel) and to the wrap-up tomorrow (I hope).<br /><br />I love Commentarama!!!!<br /><br />(GO CAIN!)rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-6095056387225272642011-10-18T17:46:33.949-04:002011-10-18T17:46:33.949-04:00even at the primary level... there have been some ...even at the primary level... there have been some ear-perkers, but not this much possibility. <br />maybe it's just been sooooooooo bad that good looks extraordinary.rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49059728223184345562011-10-18T17:45:36.593-04:002011-10-18T17:45:36.593-04:00T-Rav, They aren't thieves, they are redistrib...T-Rav, They aren't thieves, they are redistributionists.<br /><br />Unless it was some homeless dude or a Republican, then it was theft. ;)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-17415592069742906202011-10-18T17:44:26.672-04:002011-10-18T17:44:26.672-04:00rlaWTX, I know exactly what you mean. This is the...rlaWTX, I know exactly what you mean. This is the first time in my life (was also too young to vote for Reagan), I am feeling like I have a candidate I can believe in. It's a really strange feeling not to be choosing from the lesser of evils.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-20593710734739131422011-10-18T17:42:05.384-04:002011-10-18T17:42:05.384-04:00Bev, Why am I not surprised? I'll bet they...Bev, Why am I not surprised? I'll bet they're not sleeping at the Motel 6 either -- and I'll bet people who have sent them money are paying for it!<br /><br />On the theft, I really have to chuckle at that. First, that these people claim to represent the poor and oppressed, yet they have a $5,500 macbook! Secondly, they want a world without property... there it is. In a world without property anyone can take anything they want. So what are they complaining about?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-4181498633155359752011-10-18T17:42:04.992-04:002011-10-18T17:42:04.992-04:00from Cain's fb: "My team will be running ...from Cain's fb: "My team will be running a live chat at our Livestream channel during tonight's Republican Presidential Debate to be broadcast on CNN starting at 8 pm EDT. I hope you can join us and let me know what you think of the debate. Please share this with your friends and if you're on Twitter follow me at @TheHermanCain."<br /><br />In case the sock-puppets get bored...rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-1020877797073975462011-10-18T17:39:31.658-04:002011-10-18T17:39:31.658-04:00Heh. Bev, I read this morning that there have been...Heh. Bev, I read this morning that there have been a string of thefts at the OWS location. Funny, that. Who would have guessed that a movement composed of people who have done nothing to earn wealth and demand it from those who have, would have some out-and-out thieves in their ranks?T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-39804079254627219412011-10-18T17:39:14.028-04:002011-10-18T17:39:14.028-04:00so, on foreign policy - Bolton or Gingrich as VP?
...so, on foreign policy - Bolton or Gingrich as VP?<br /><br />why do they schedule these debates on TUESDAYS!!?? I must go to class. <br /><br />I had a teensy epiphany a few minutes ago - perhaps this small hopeful tingle (not in my leg) that I feel is similar to what the OMessiah's followers felt once upon a time. I am too young to have voted for Reagan, so I am not sure if they felt it then. My first Pres election was GHWB, then Dole, then GWB... this feeling of a sense of representation and hope is kinda new... (I admit I was hopeful for GWB1, but not nearly this almost-giddy) <br />GO CAIN!!!!!rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-86494335504941307242011-10-18T17:31:35.097-04:002011-10-18T17:31:35.097-04:00Andrew - I wouldn't bet your savings that they...Andrew - I wouldn't bet your savings that they will leave come the first snows. The "leadership" does not sleep in the park. They go home every night to their warm and toasty 3 bedroom highrise with the Serta Posturpedic pillowtop mattress. They've convinced the wild-eyed foot soldiers to sleep in the park.<br /><br />Trust me, at 8:30am, there are maybe 30 people there. It swells by 10am when the leadership arrives rested and refreshed.<br /><br />BTW, the thieves and pickpockets have arrived and are stealing these poor naive kids blind. Just yesterday, some "poor" protester lost his $5,500 macbook. He didn't realize that anarchists do not recognize "ownership". And isn't this really what the protest is about anyway? There are 1%'ers who own stuff and the 99% think they deserve to take it because no one should have the right to own stuff if others don't have stuff. (or something like that...)BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-21237017867781924422011-10-18T17:12:57.673-04:002011-10-18T17:12:57.673-04:00Jed, I got your point and I agree completely! :)
...Jed, I got your point and I agree completely! :)<br /><br />I think the flat tax is a good first step, but isn't really the best plan ultimately -- it is a good start to a better ends. But sadly, as we both agree, there are a lot of very powerful people who will fight very, very hard to stop this.<br /><br />But then, this is an age when strange things seem to be happening politically, so why can't this?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-13657402747044054252011-10-18T17:10:21.099-04:002011-10-18T17:10:21.099-04:00T-Rav, That's funny. The protesters is me, bu...T-Rav, That's funny. The protesters is me, but I was pretty sure you were the Romney people!<br /><br />Things are probably more nutty than ever because of the Occupy Wall Street fools. I would expect that seeing up to a 1,000 other idiots bravely urinating in the streets has inspired campus Marxists everywhere to assume they have a real movement -- so now that the iron is hot, they have chosen to strike. Of course, in this case, the iron is more like a warm toothpick. And even a couple thousand people is meaningless in a country of 310 million.<br /><br />It will pass once the first snow storm sends the Occupiers scurrying back to the roach motels from whence they came.<br /><br />On Cain, I think he just needs to avoid being tripped up by the usual gotcha questions: "what do you mean you've never heard of the name of the third in command of a small rebel group in Splatistan? And you want to be President?!" That's how the media plays the game when they want to trip someone up.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-87691088570397531252011-10-18T17:07:36.649-04:002011-10-18T17:07:36.649-04:00Heh..heh...heh!Heh..heh...heh!Sockpuppet Union Repnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-32888662644471841392011-10-18T16:59:21.397-04:002011-10-18T16:59:21.397-04:00Okay, so those two aren't mine. I swear...Okay, so those two aren't mine. I swear...T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-2667894845001324102011-10-18T16:58:47.893-04:002011-10-18T16:58:47.893-04:00Andrew, things have been nuttier than usual lately...Andrew, things have been nuttier than usual lately, but I endure as always. As long as I have my bottle of antipsychotics. <br /><br />I hope Cain can keep this up and become a real viable alternative to Romney. He needs to prove tonight that he can handle foreign-policy questions, which has been his weak point up to now.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-90796643053476837342011-10-18T16:53:32.481-04:002011-10-18T16:53:32.481-04:00Make cheap tee shirts, not war!
Make cheap tee shi...Make cheap tee shirts, not war!<br />Make cheap tee shirts, not war!<br />Make cheap tee shirts, not war!<br />Make cheap tee shirts, not war!<br />Make cheap tee shirts, not war!<br /><br />Oh, and free college for protesters.Protestersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-85251358649788179522011-10-18T16:47:42.566-04:002011-10-18T16:47:42.566-04:00Buzz off, Puppet Man. We're here to stay...grr...Buzz off, Puppet Man. We're here to stay...grrrr, go to war with China puppets...Random Republican Candidate Puppetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-72834867432751903762011-10-18T16:38:13.539-04:002011-10-18T16:38:13.539-04:00I actually agree with you that Cain's 999 plan...I actually agree with you that Cain's 999 plan is superior. My main point was that the flat tax was the first real effort to do a needed structural overhaul of our ridiculous tax code. Both plans have the same objective. You are also correct (sadly) that too many powerful lobbying forces will probably prevent either from becoming reality.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-87215726031354554852011-10-18T16:26:00.639-04:002011-10-18T16:26:00.639-04:00Scott, I agree. The establishment doesn't wan...Scott, I agree. The establishment doesn't want change. They don't mind minor tweaks, but they've created a system that works for them (at our expense) and they don't want anyone changing that. But Cain seems like a guy who intends to shake everything up. It really is like Reagan in 1980 when the GOP was so utterly opposed to Reagan because he was offering "voodoo economics" in their minds -- even though it was common sense to all the rest of us.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-75852107565001166752011-10-18T16:18:26.243-04:002011-10-18T16:18:26.243-04:00Yes Laffer and crowd agree...for all that's wo...Yes Laffer and crowd agree...for all that's worth to the elite get along Rinos.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18227567734763798004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-38078647585759885962011-10-18T16:15:10.915-04:002011-10-18T16:15:10.915-04:00You said it; Attorneys don't want change...but...You said it; Attorneys don't want change...but this guy WILL stir the soup...Good thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18227567734763798004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-46263278059074486212011-10-18T16:12:11.264-04:002011-10-18T16:12:11.264-04:00Comrade T-Rav, Sorry to hear you spent your day wi...Comrade T-Rav, Sorry to hear you spent your day with Marxists. I can imagine many better ways to spend the day.<br /><br />My preference would be a "flat" sales tax and no income tax. The income tax distorts people's incentives to work and becomes a tool for social engineering. The sales tax doesn't unless you start picking different rates for different products. The one exception I would make would be no tax on basic foods (not restaurants), fuel or medicine.<br /><br />On electability, absolutely. This is our best chance to get a genuine conservative since 1980 and we should not pass it up.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-71163326916770072052011-10-18T16:07:27.367-04:002011-10-18T16:07:27.367-04:00Crispy, We work hard to crush dreams around here! ...Crispy, We work hard to crush dreams around here! LOL!<br /><br />Feel free to ignore the "it ain't happening" part. It could happen if things go right, plus even if it doesn't, it still tells us the kind of reform we could expect from Cain and that's still a good thing.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-18610657678384681242011-10-18T16:05:28.249-04:002011-10-18T16:05:28.249-04:00Hmmm...I'm curious.
On the tax thing--I hate ...Hmmm...I'm curious.<br /><br />On the tax thing--I hate it when I have stuff to attend to during the day with all my Marxist grad student colleagues and miss discussions like this--I personally prefer a national sales tax, along the lines of the FairTax, but I think the most realistic solution would be a flat income tax. A lot of Eastern European countries have followed this path and had consistently strong economies. <br /><br />As far as electability goes, I think this election is possibly the best one in recent years for picking a genuine conservative--we have several people who are probable wins against Obama, so there's no need to opt for the centrist one.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.com