Cain Calls Wall Street Protesters ‘Anti-Capitalism’
EmailGOP presidential candidate Herman Cain reiterated his criticism of the Occupy Wall Street protesters Friday, saying the groups are “anti-capitalism” and “anti-free market.”
“They are not working on the right problem,” Cain said at a social conservatives convention in Washington. “Wall Street didn’t write those failed policies. Wall Street didn’t spend a trillion dollars. You can demonstrate all you want on Wall Street, the problem is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”
“If you never work on the right problem, you’ll never get the right answer,” Cain added.
Similar to the three other GOP candidates who spoke at Friday’s Voter Values Summit, Cain delved into his stance on foreign policy. He said the “Cain philosophy” would be to “clarify who our friends are, clarify who our enemies are and stop giving money to our enemies.”
If elected, Cain said his first order of business would be to upgrade America’s ballistic defense missile systems, position the missile defenses on naval ships near the Middle East and then say to Iranian President Ahmadinejad, “Make my day.”
In typical Cain fashion the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza touted his 9-9-9 economic plan. In the standing-room-only hotel ballroom the crowd chanted “9-9-9″ along with the candidate.
“This solution starts with throwing out the existing tax code, which is a mess, and replace it with my 9-9-9 plan,” Cain said as the crowd chanted “9-9-9″ along with him.
Cain’s plan would put in place a 9 percent sales tax and reduce income and corporate taxes to a flat 9 percent. Fellow GOP candidate Rick Santorum took a leaf out of Cain’s book earlier in the day and introduced his own 0-0-0 plan.
“I have a better plan,” Santorum said.
The former Pennsylvania senator’s plan would levy zero income tax on manufacturing companies, zero taxes on repatriated corporate profits that are invested in manufacturing equipment and zero Obama-era regulations.
In the weeks following Cain’s unveiling of his 9-9-9 plan, he has surged to the top of the polls, tying with Rick Perry for second place in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. Santorum garnered the support of 2 percent of Republican voters in the Oct. 4 poll, compared with Cain’s 16 percent.
Cain joked about his newfound “top tier” status, saying he now has a “bulls eye on his back.”
“They are afraid that this long shot may not be a long shot any longer,” he said.
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This is a missed opportunity to sweep the Election. While these protesters may be College Students Professional Hippies, etc, with no real focus as to why they are protesting, it is quite clear to the Ex-Middle Class that the Banks have orchestrated, through planning or lack of, the greatest World Depression ever. The Banks have been Bailed Out Twice Officially, but Who knows the real truth, only that they get to borrow from the Fed at nearly No Interest., yet they are extremely reluctant to help a long paying Home Owner Re-Finance Property as the Value does not equate to the Principal. owed. It is fully shown, that the Banks influenced the inflation of property values to make more money on loans. Now they ignore and evade all means directed at helping Homeowners refinance or Renegotiate Home Loans, and wish to wait until values eventually go up, toss out the Paying Middle Class and cash in on the long suffering we are all bearing
Posted by: Dave Roberts | October 7, 2011, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm
Cainunism [keyn - yuh - niz - uhm] – noun
1. A theory or system of economic organization based on a wildly optimistic regard for the fiscal discipline of Congress and the President. Adherence to this theory typically requires the suspension of disbelief concerning the ability of increasing the government’s power to tax, without substantive spending cuts, to actually reduce burdens on taxpayers and to produce economic recovery.
2. The intentional use by politicians of resonant slogans which obfuscate and distract some voters from the otherwise conspicuous absence of thoughtful, realistic or realizable fiscal or monetary plans and policies.
Cainunist [keyn - yuh - nist] – adjective
1. Of, characterized by, favoring or relating to Cainunism; Cainunistic
In a sentence: “Imagining that a ‘9 – 9 – 9’ percent tax ‘plan’ would not soon be 9.9 – 9.9 – 9.9, then 19 – 19 – 19, and so on, is just more magical Cainunist thinking.”
Origin of Cainunism: term used by informed voters to describe the economic-sounding slogans that originated from the 2012 vanity presidential campaign of Herman Cain (1945 – )
Synonyms for Cainunism: 1. Prevarication, 2. Deception, 2. Cozen, 3. Hucksterism, 4. Hoodwink, 5. Sales Pitch, 6. Razzle Dazzle
Antonyms for Cainunism: 1. Common Sense, 2. Objective Reality, 3. Free Market, 4. Tax Reduction, 5. Economic Liberty, 6. Less Government, 7. Constitutionalism
Posted by: Jay | October 7, 2011, 10:30 pm 10:30 pm
Cain is blind or dumb. I have a net worth of 2 million dollars, mostly in the market. Our income puts us in the top 2-3 % of US families. I voted for Reagan and Bush. I’m pro capitalist. And that’s exactly why I support Occupy Wall St. What we have isn’t capitalism. It’s corrupt cronyism, with privatized gain and socialized losses for the Big Boys. That’s not a free market. It’s a rigged market.
Posted by: Frank DG | October 19, 2011, 2:17 am 2:17 am