Terry Mitchell

Rick Perry’s “Me Too” Tax Plan



Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011

by Terry Mitchell
http://commenterry.blogs.com

Color me unimpressed with Rick Perry’s new flat-tax plan. This plan, among other things, calls for an optional 20 percent flat tax that taxpayers can select to pay in lieu of using calculations from the current tax code. Details of the plan aside, I just don’t think it’s going to fly or give Perry any real boost with potential GOP primary and caucus voters. I think it’s just too little, too late. It’s a Johnny-come-lately, “me too” plan that voters are going to easily see through.

It also smacks of desperation. Why didn’t he think of this when he was way ahead in the polls? It appears that he has concocted this plan only in response to Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan, something Mr. Cain has used successfully to jump ahead of Perry (and everyone else) in the polls. Perry, who is now lagging at anywhere from third to fifth place, depending on the poll, is trying to re-invigorate his campaign.

So far, Perry has been his own worst enemy, being dragged down by poor performances in the most recent debates. Even when he tries to go on the offense against any of his opponents, it seems to backfire on him. However, one thing he does have is plenty of money and lots of staffers. But he needs a message if he’s going to regain his standing in the polls. I doubt that his new and quickly-cobbled-together tax plan will fit that bill. He and his staffers need to go back to the drawing board.
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, amateur political analyst, and blogger from Virginia, USA. He posts a least one article a day to his blog - http://commenterry.blogs.com - on subjects such as current events, politics, technology, society and culture, religion, health and well-being, self improvement, personal finance, trivia, and sports. He is also the owner of a new privacy-enhanced search engine - http://www.SearchMost.com.

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» left by Steve Kovacs 195 days 2 hours ago.
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Perry does not have any chance to be the nominee. His recent plan was his last chance to salvage his run and he fell flat--time to go home for him--it simply did not work for him.
» left by Terry Mitchell 192 days 21 hours ago.
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Steve, you are right. And it also didn't help his cause to say that he might skip some of the future debates.
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