tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428786213779428155.post3755638689621901361..comments2022-11-09T23:58:50.843-08:00Comments on Ten Mile Island: Learning About HermanTen Mile Islandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030532586953950296noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428786213779428155.post-56250469539621598612011-09-13T19:38:55.366-07:002011-09-13T19:38:55.366-07:00He also had an interesting comment about replacing...He also had an interesting comment about replacing the head of the EPA. Replace him with someone who's been injured by the EPA.<br /><br /><a href="http://netrightdaily.com/2011/06/presidential-candidate-herman-cain-is-looking-for-victims-of-the-epa/" rel="nofollow">Cain and the EPA</a><br /><br />"... he would like to set up a regulatory reduction commission that includes victims of the renegade government agency."<br />...<br />“Whenever science does not back up a regulation, it’s gone, that’s the idea,” he said.<br /><br />One problem with his "9-9-9" plan: how to deal with the massive unemployment of IRS agents (cue world's smallest violin), tax preparers like H&R Block, and legions of CPAs, whose main talent is navigating the byzantine mazes of federal tax law.<br /><br />One should always be wary of using Russia as a good example, but still:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/941" rel="nofollow">Russian income tax</a><br /><br />"In January 2001, Russia introduced a fairly dramatic reform of its personal income tax, ... replaced a conventional progressive rate structure with a flat tax rate of 13 percent. Over the next year after the reform, while the Russian economy grew at almost 5% in real terms, revenues from the personal income tax increased by over 25% in real terms."<br /><br />Before the switch, tax evasion was a way of life in Russia. After, perhaps people saw that a good system might work.<br /><br />Cain just might do it. There are only a few people who could do worse. Kucinich comes to mind, and Maxine Waters. For starters.ZZMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913899667726940233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428786213779428155.post-46919065609912044102011-09-13T17:30:44.138-07:002011-09-13T17:30:44.138-07:00Heck, I've liked him since he came onto the sc...Heck, I've liked him since he came onto the scene. Unfortunately, the folks who brought us McCain will go with Romney.MAX Redlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12040240474444763721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428786213779428155.post-40193709751888167452011-09-13T16:41:33.053-07:002011-09-13T16:41:33.053-07:00Any thoughts on a zero corporate income tax propos...Any thoughts on a zero corporate income tax proposal (since that only makes up 9% of current federal income) and no corporate welfare or bailouts (and, I assume, no subsidies and "incentives")?<br /><br />Maybe it's the decades of fighting adding a sales tax in Oregon, but I just don't like sales tax and think that of all taxes it hurts the poor most.<br /><br />By the way, I like Cain too and think he has added a lot to the political conversation.T. D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11952394767212085011noreply@blogger.com