Herman Cain Attempts To ‘Slay the Tax Monster’ In New Animated Ad, ’9-9-9: The Movie’

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by Jon Bershad | 11:08 am, November 28th, 2011

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I’m going to be honest, I was worried when I saw the title of the new ad from the Herman Cain campaign; “9-9-9: The Movie.” Surely this was another example of one of the worst blights to fall upon politics in the last decade, the campaign ad that tries to disguise itself as a trailer for the world’s worst Michael Bay movie. Fortunately though, we got a reprieve. It turns out that the ad’s title just referred to the fact that it’s really long!

Hooray…kind of.

In all seriousness though, coming from the campaign that’s brought us two of the most bizarre and poorly-planned ads in political history, the new video is incredibly professional-looking and well done.

The video returns to the plan that vaulted Cain to being a front runner in the first place. No, not his ingenius plan of “Don’t be Mitt Romney,” but rather his flat tax, 999 plan. It explains the plan and what the campaign hopes it will do to the economy simply and with the aid of cute, stylized animation. In fact, the ad is so straight forward that its occasional, quick detours to mock liberals (Al Gore drives an electric car! What an idiot! Am I right? AM I RIGHT?) feel shoehorned in and forced like a desperate teacher writing Justin Bieber into his test questions for fear of losing his students’ attention.

All in all, unlike some of the videos in the past, the new work appears to be the ad of a serious candidate. Watch it below:

(h/t The Hill)

Herman Cain

Anonymous

I remember in “Jurassic Park” how a cartoon feature was used to explain the complex process of cloning dinosaur DNA. And I think we all know how well that went.
Ricci Dats Me

I like his other video better. The one where he lets people see his true identity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7fJ6jAOVU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Ricci Dats Me

In JURASSIC PARK!!! A movie with a cartoon that was made to “educate” children!! YAY CAIN!! You honestly know who your constituents are. Adults with the intellect of KIDS!! Sad day GOP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7fJ6jAOVU&feature=youtube_gdata_player do it Herm!!
Anonymous

I have some concerns about 9% sales tax. Just what is taxed? What is not taxable? Here is an example: Are utilities taxed like phone, natural gas, oil, water, garbage pick up, rent, my home owners insurance policy?
Is gasoline taxed again with 9%? Is my medical benefits taxed? Are my medicines Taxed? Is all food stuffs taxed?
Is my car insurance taxed? Is my medical insurance taxed? If I have a defibrillator replaced is it taxed? If I buy appliances are they taxed, a car, a boat. Got the Idea.
Anonymous

Fantastic ad, enjoyed the humor, animation, and explaining the ‘hidden’ taxes in goods.

Slay the tax monster should be the title.

If nothing else, a good animation to show in a high school economics class…
Anonymous

If there is one thing Herman Cain knows, it’s how to dumb it down.

Few questions:

How simple can a tax system be when it is meant for a complex economy like the United States? Isn’t there a trade off between understandability and comprehensiveness when it comes to large systems?
With our gridlocked congress, would it even be possible to scrap the entire federal tax system and start from scratch?

What about business that made plans based on the current tax system (tax credits, deductions, etc.)? How would the uncertainty caused by the IRS overhaul process(years) affect their ability to hire and invest in the short term?
Anonymous

So the manufactures and vendors are not going to add on costs because,..”Herman” doesn’t want them to,… yeah! Those working class who spend nearly all of each check on goods and services will get to pay a little more, but don’t worry about it! The upper bracket will get to pay much less,… because they control all the jobs,… that’s worked so far! We should thank him for allowing those to pay more tax “just above” the poverty level,… because it means you’re moving up,… Thanks “Herb”! At least now we know where he got his accounts and economist,… “cartoon world”! (no other economist owns it)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Theresa-Darklady-Reed/581698361 Theresa ‘Darklady’ Reed

What little I can understand about this horror show of a tax plan is that anything new gets taxed; food included.

Whether medicine and medical equipment is included, I dunno… although it seems likely.

And then, of course, that’s in addition to any city, county, or state sales tax. But then, as Cain explained, that’s just oranges and we’re not talking about them…
Anonymous

Is this just a new concern, or have you had the same concern all these decades you have been paying hidden taxes with the current tax code?
Anonymous

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