Did Cain rip off the idea for his laughable 999 plan?

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Long before the GOP presidential candidate’s plan began dominating the political discourse, a shockingly similar 9-9-9 plan was ruling the virtual world of SimCity.


In the video game, residents of SimCity 4 pay default taxes that include a 9 percent commercial tax, a 9 percent industrial tax and a 9 percent residential tax, Huffington Post Politics pointed out.



http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/did-cains-9-9-9-plan-come-from-a-video-game/



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Return of Dune said:
From what I understand, he admitted he got it from SimCity
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do you have a cite? because this says different:

Cain cites his own economic advisors for coming up with the plan, not the video game, but one has to wonder, if it’s right for SimCity, is it right for America? My thriving virtual metropolis would at least seem to think so.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2011/10/14/herman-cains-9-9-9-plan-straight-out-of-simcity/

and it is not the same...i notice you fall for a lot of legion's BS...
 
Yurt said:
do you have a cite? because this says different:

Cain cites his own economic advisors for coming up with the plan, not the video game, but one has to wonder, if it’s right for SimCity, is it right for America? My thriving virtual metropolis would at least seem to think so.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2011/10/14/herman-cains-9-9-9-plan-straight-out-of-simcity/

and it is not the same...i notice you fall for a lot of legion's BS...
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That doesn't prove anything.
 
Herman Cain is running for the Republican presidential nomination.

One of the key parts of his platform is his "999" tax plan…but there's a problem.

It appears that Cain might have snatched the idea from SimCity.

Cain's plan works like this: the personal tax rate is 9 percent, the corporate tax rate is 9 percent, and the federal sales tax rate is 9 percent, hence the name "999."

Huffington Post spotted a striking similarity between Cain's plan and the default settings of SimCity 4.

In SimCity 4, the default settings for personal, corporate, and sales tax rates were all set at 9 percent.

For its part, SimCity developer Maxis is flattered. Maxis producer Kip Katsarelis said, "We encourage politicians to continue to look to innovative games like SimCity for inspiration for social and economic change. While we at Maxis and Electronic Arts do not endorse any political candidates or their platforms, it's interesting to see GOP candidate Herman Cain propose a simplified tax system like one we designed for the video game SimCity 4."

Cain's own economic adviser Rich Lowrie did not comment on the similarity.

Who knows?

Cain has been known to quote Pokemon, so anything's possible!


http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-herman-cain-stealing-ideas-from-simcity.aspx



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Yurt said:
yes it does, it shows it is not the same plan. and i notice YOU didn't back up YOUR claim.

how legionesque...
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Sorry, you are right, it does prove something.

It proves it will not work, and even other republicans are opposed to it.
 
Yurt said:
still won't back up the claim he copied it from sims.....no surprise

and what i posted does not prove it won't work. that is simply untrue.
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Read your link again. Your article is totaly against Cains plan, and against your argument as well.

Is this Dixie trolling yurt?
 
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