Presidential candidate Herman Cain penned a feisty response to criticisms of his 999 Plan over the weekend. As luck would have it, there are exactly nine criticisms of this plan. What are the odds?Cain makes a very cogent point right off the bat:
Do you know why candidates for office tend to be reluctant to propose detailed plans? Because they know the plans will be flyspecked and picked apart by just about everyone. Inviting criticism doesn’t help you to get votes.
But fear of criticism prevents you from conceiving solutions to problems. So even if avoidance of criticism helps in propelling you to an election victory, how are you supposed to effectively govern? How are you supposed to fix the problems you told everyone you were going to fix?
There’s a world of difference between describing a problem and proposing a solution. Cain returns to this theme when he addresses “Claim 9: It won’t pass.”
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Herman Cain Defends The 999 Plan
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