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Herman Cain

Moe, NBC's Alex. //Home.// Web. 13 Nov. 2011. []
 * 1) Cain’s main focus is on his 9-9-9 plan
 * 2) 9-9-9 is for economic renewal
 * 3) Says that our tax code is the 21st century version of slavery
 * 4) And we need a bold solution to fix our declining economy
 * 5) We need less intervening in our lives from the government
 * 6) The natural state of our economy is prosperity, ensured by freedom
 * 7) Production drives the economy
 * 8) Not government spending
 * 9) “Government spending is like taking a bucket of water from the deep end of the pool and pouring it in the shallow end.”
 * 10) The hope that the water level will change
 * 11) Growth is driven by risk taking
 * 12) Investors constantly take risks funding entrepreneurs
 * 13) Entrepreneurs taking risks create jobs and form businesses
 * 14) A dollar must always be a dollar, just as 60 minutes is always an hour
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Believes that every party needs to be united around economic growth
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When party is focused so much on spending, the other is focused on cutting
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Unite income taxpayers and payroll taxpayers
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">So we all pull for lower rates
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Unite those people that want lower rates with those who to eliminate deductions
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Unite the flat-taxers with the fair-taxers
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The 9-9-9 plan will get D.C. out of picking winners and losers
 * 22) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Using the tax code to dole out favors
 * 23) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">And dividing the country with class welfare
 * 24) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Fair, simple, transparent, and efficient
 * 25) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">It taxes everything once, and nothing twice
 * 26) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">9% business flat tax
 * 27) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">9% individual flat tax
 * 28) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">9% national sales tax
 * 29) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Instead of separate state sales taxes which are different everywhere

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Issues." //Home.// Web. 13 Nov. 2011. []
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The 9-9-9 plan will actually expand GPD by $2 trillion
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create 6 million new jobs
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">increase business investments by one third
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">and increase wages by 10%
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">education should always be based around the students
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">recently has been about the authority the school boards have above the students
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cain strives to take the government completely out of education
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">let each school create its own cirriculum
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"what might work for a third grader in Oklahoma, might not work for a third grader in Hawaii."
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">also holding teachers accountable for how their students perform
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">our national security should be about defending America, not politics
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">stand by our friends and not be fooled by our enemies
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">never be deceived by terrorist

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Scott, Andy. "Cain 2012." //2012 Presidential Candidates.// Web. 13 Nov. 2011. []
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">he was defeated by Congressman Johnny Isakson by a margin of 27 points
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">following a difficult 40-city Tea Party rally in 2010
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">cain finished second behind Ron Paul in a straw poll made among Tea Party activists during a summit held at downtown Phoenix last Februrary
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">speaks very well in debates
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney came in about third and fifth in the poll
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">doesn't have too much political experience
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">cain has the rags to riches story to maybe give him an emotional edge
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">he had a degree in Mathematics from Morehouse College
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">got his MSC in Computer Science from Purdue while working from the US Navy
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">he is an American black conservative
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">he wants a small government
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">and a free enterprise

"Herman Cain Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com." //Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com//. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. []
 * 1) Born December 13, 1945
 * 2) earned degrees at Morehouse College and Purdue University
 * 3) worked for coca-cola and pillsbury company
 * 4) later became owner of Godfather's Pizza chain
 * 5) in 2004, he failed in his running for senate
 * 6) 2011 is the first year has returned to politics
 * 7) grew up poor in Atlanta, Georgia
 * 8) his parents always stressed the importance of education
 * 9) graduated in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics
 * 10) then a masters degree in computer sciences at Purdue University
 * 11) at the same time, worked for the US Navy
 * 12) by helping design fire control systems
 * 13) later became familiar with working the grill at burger king
 * 14) then made his way up to vice president of the popular food chain
 * 15) 1986, became president and CEO of Godfather's Pizza chain
 * 16) he challenged Bill Clinton on healthcare at a television event once
 * 17) known to be blunt and outspoken
 * 18) first came into campaigning for politics in 2004
 * 19) failed to win a seat in the Georgia state senate
 * 20) has won over supports with his no nonsense approach to reforming the government
 * 21) wishes to help by creating a 9% flat tax for everything
 * 22) but is opposed for being a greater burden on lower income Americans
 * 23) sense of humor has won many people over
 * 24) also believes that worrying about the insignificant countries is not important
 * 25) compared to worrying about domestic issues
 * 26) he hosted his own radio show and has written several books