Zogby Poll: Perry Plummets to 18%; Trails Cain For Lead

If a Republican really wanted to go after my vote, he or she would have to have as a centerpiece of their campaign an overhaul of the tax code focused entirely on simplification. Simplifying and reducing government is a core tenant of the party, so it kind of puzzles me why more candidates aren't pushing it.

Unfortunately, both Forbes before him and now Cain are trying to accomplish two things instead of one: Simplify the tax system while making it much more regressive.

Adding that second element changes what could be an easy bipartisan consensus-builder into a non-starter. Shame, really.

We could eliminate the jobs of countless DC lobbyists (and thus making a major step toward cleaning up our political system), hack away a big chunk of government bureaucracy (and the corresponding corporate bureaucracy built around compliance), and free up our citizens to focus on things they really enjoy around April 15th. But one party (the Democrats) don't even seem interested in even discussing it, and the other party aren't interested unless it also helps the poor get poorer.