To Hermie Cain: U Can take UR Cadillac and drive off into the political sunset
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THE NEWS: Herman Cain, speaking on the CBS discussion program Face the Nation, pushed his criticism of the Occupy Wall Street movement to a new level Sunday. Protesters, he said, are simply "jealous" people who want to "play the victim card" and "take somebody else's Cadillac."
THE PROVOCATION: I, for one, don't want anyone's Cadillac. They tend to be gas-guzzlers, too big for my liking and not particularly attractive. Sorry, but I'll take something more economical and a tad more sporty. That's just my taste.
All kidding aside, Cain deserves to take it up the tailpipe for his Cadillac comment - and for straight out lying to television viewers. The Occupy Wall Street protests, he said, were the product of labor union activity: "We know that the unions and certain union related organizations have been behind these protests that are going on on Wall Street and other parts around the country. It's coordinated."
That's flat-out bullshit. Unions didn't join the movement until the past week or so. You can bet that if they had been behind the effort initially, it would been a lot bigger from the outset.
No, we don't want to take anyone else's Cadillac. We just want a reliable means of transportation to get to a secure job. Is that too much to ask? A Republican president named Herbert Hoover didn't seem to think so. During the presidential campaign of 1928, he ran on a slogan that promised a "chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." Cain prefers to play a game of chicken with the protesters by trying to run them over with imaginary Cadillacs.
I think it's safe to say they're not about to blink.
This is the kind of rhetoric we should have come to expect from Cain. He's the same guy who wanted to ban the construction of mosques and use Islam as a litmus test for membership in the president's Cabinet. He's also the same person who wants to institute an absurd Nein-Nein-Nein plan that includes a 9% federal sales tax. What would this accomplish? I'll tell you what. For starters, it would raise the sales tax where I live to nearly 20% by piggybacking on local and state sales taxes already in place.
Not only is that a tax increase - something Cain and his tea party cronies swore up and down they'd never endorse - but the "logic" of it is patently absurd.
1) It would penalize lower-income people disproportionately. Those in the upper classes can always avoid sales taxes by buying fewer luxury items. But those at the lower end of the spectrum spend most of their money on necessities. Their income is not discretionary, so they'd be forced to pay the tax.
2) It would stop the economy in its tracks by causing those who do have the cash to dial back their purchases. Every economist under the sun has stated in no uncertain terms that the engine driving our economy is consumer spending. How do you think a 20% cumulative sales tax would affect that? You don't need to be Alan Greenspan to figure out the answer.
No, we don't want Herman Cain's Cadillac. He wants our 1995 Ford Escort, or whatever we are driving. He wants to make it impossible for us to make payments on it by raising taxes substantially through his regressive sales tax.
I'm not jealous of Herman Cain. I'd never even heard of Herman Cain before a few months ago (and speaking personally, I wish I still hadn't). This is not, as Cain contends, about jealousy. I don't give a flying fig about how much money you make, Mr. Cain. I care about whether I'm making an adequate living to feed, clothe and house my family. If you want to make more money, more power to you. But if you want to make more money at my expense, I'll fight you tooth and nail over it. If that's class warfare, so be it. There's a right to self-defense in this country. And that extends to economic self-defense if your level of avarice is jeopardizing my ability to stay clothed, fed and healthy. Those are basic human needs, and they must come before penthouse suites, Cadillacs and tax breaks for those who don't need them.
Cain may not want to recognize any of this, but that's not my problem.
The Wall Street protesters are making it his problem. Good for them. As far as I'm concerned, Mr. Cain can take his Cadillac and drive off into the political sunset.
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We Don't Want Your Cadillac:
THE PROVOCATION: I, for one, don't want anyone's Cadillac. They tend to be gas-guzzlers, too big for my liking and not particularly attractive. Sorry, but I'll take something more economical and a tad more sporty. That's just my taste.
All kidding aside, Cain deserves to take it up the tailpipe for his Cadillac comment - and for straight out lying to television viewers. The Occupy Wall Street protests, he said, were the product of labor union activity: "We know that the unions and certain union related organizations have been behind these protests that are going on on Wall Street and other parts around the country. It's coordinated."
That's flat-out bullshit. Unions didn't join the movement until the past week or so. You can bet that if they had been behind the effort initially, it would been a lot bigger from the outset.
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I think it's safe to say they're not about to blink.
This is the kind of rhetoric we should have come to expect from Cain. He's the same guy who wanted to ban the construction of mosques and use Islam as a litmus test for membership in the president's Cabinet. He's also the same person who wants to institute an absurd Nein-Nein-Nein plan that includes a 9% federal sales tax. What would this accomplish? I'll tell you what. For starters, it would raise the sales tax where I live to nearly 20% by piggybacking on local and state sales taxes already in place.
Not only is that a tax increase - something Cain and his tea party cronies swore up and down they'd never endorse - but the "logic" of it is patently absurd.
1) It would penalize lower-income people disproportionately. Those in the upper classes can always avoid sales taxes by buying fewer luxury items. But those at the lower end of the spectrum spend most of their money on necessities. Their income is not discretionary, so they'd be forced to pay the tax.
2) It would stop the economy in its tracks by causing those who do have the cash to dial back their purchases. Every economist under the sun has stated in no uncertain terms that the engine driving our economy is consumer spending. How do you think a 20% cumulative sales tax would affect that? You don't need to be Alan Greenspan to figure out the answer.
I'm not jealous of Herman Cain. I'd never even heard of Herman Cain before a few months ago (and speaking personally, I wish I still hadn't). This is not, as Cain contends, about jealousy. I don't give a flying fig about how much money you make, Mr. Cain. I care about whether I'm making an adequate living to feed, clothe and house my family. If you want to make more money, more power to you. But if you want to make more money at my expense, I'll fight you tooth and nail over it. If that's class warfare, so be it. There's a right to self-defense in this country. And that extends to economic self-defense if your level of avarice is jeopardizing my ability to stay clothed, fed and healthy. Those are basic human needs, and they must come before penthouse suites, Cadillacs and tax breaks for those who don't need them.
Cain may not want to recognize any of this, but that's not my problem.
The Wall Street protesters are making it his problem. Good for them. As far as I'm concerned, Mr. Cain can take his Cadillac and drive off into the political sunset.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With a donation of $20.00(for UK and Canada $30.) Will send you FREE of charge and FREE freight the AF*Logo T Shirt shown on top of page. This will help us GREATLY to stay doing what we are doing to bring you these current posting
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