Alan Auerbach Comments on Herman Cain’s ‘9-9-9’ Tax Plan

-San Francisco Chronicle, October 5, 2011 by Joe Garofoli
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/04/MNAM1LDF8C.DTL

“Cain is sort of out there on Mars, saying we’re going to cut revenues below what anyone else is proposing,” Auerbach said. “I don’t know how this can be taken seriously.”

-The Sacramento Bee, October 13, 2011 by Alana Semuels
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There’s an economic argument for simplicity, too, said Alan Auerbach…. Scrapping the current complicated tax system would reduce the difficulty taxpayers have in complying with the IRS, and would make it more difficult for people to avoid paying taxes.