Herman Cain has officially made it into the top tier of GOP candidates: he elicited a verbal jab from Vice President Joe Biden.
In an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Wednesday, Biden argued that Cain’s 9-9-9 plan would hurt the middle class.
“As I understand it, it means a billionaire would pay 9 percent of their income and somebody who is making $40,000 would pay 9 percent of their income,” the VP said. “That’s standing on its head what Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican, had in mind when he proposed a national income tax that would be progressive. But it’s totally consistent with Republican philosophy, that what you continue to do is, continue to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires and continue to add a burden on the middle class.”
