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| Herman Cain 999 Plan: Did It Come From SimCity? |
| 2011-10-14 |
| h/t Instapundit WASHINGTON -- In Herman Cain's America, the tax code would be very, very simple: The corporate income tax rate would be 9 percent, the personal income tax rate would be 9 percent and the national sales tax rate would be 9 percent. But there's already a 999 plan out there, in a land called SimCity. Long before Cain was running for president and getting attention for his 999 plan, the residents of SimCity 4 -- which was released in 2003 -- were living under a system where the default tax rate was 9 percent for commercial taxes, 9 percent for industrial taxes and 9 percent for residential taxes. Cain started as programmer. Could it be he was such a successful businessman because he could write superior simulations? (standard SF plot) |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 Just ask Jeff Tweedy (WILCO) about "Nein! Nein; Nein??" One of his best tunes. Cain should adopt the tune's chorus, with Jeff's permish, of course. Achtung, Baby! |
| Posted by: Creger Hapsburg9613 2011-10-14 22:00 |
| #5 Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, just declared bankruptcy. They should have tried a little SimCity before going off on their harebrained Green scheme. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-14 20:46 |
| #4 I have always maintained that a candidate for public office should demonstrate they can successfully play SimCity. One thing the game teaches you is how quickly you can dig a deep, deep hole by borrowing money. Unlike voters, arithmetic cannot be fooled. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-10-14 20:36 |
| #3 Whoa, Herman's plan was developed by erotic dancer JESSICA ALBA [Sin City]? Who knew!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-10-14 20:32 |
| #2 Given how many cities and counties seem to push chrome projects on bond issues while ignoring basic infrastructure till it bites them in the a$$, I'd say a lot of the sitting members of local/state/fed government should have to play city building sims just to grasp the fundamentals. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-10-14 20:31 |
| #1 So we will be OK if Godzilla attacks the city during the Cain administration. |
| Posted by: Cincinnatus Chili 2011-10-14 20:22 |