2012 GOP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Business groups blast Cain’s 9-9-9 plan as job killer

Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan was a boon to his campaign when he was a second-tier candidate. But now business groups and other Republicans are paying more attention— and they don’t like what they see.

By Marc Caputo
mcaputo@MiamiHerald.com

Called a job killer at worst or a detail-free slogan at best, Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan is getting tepid-to-awful reviews from some of the nation’s most-influential business groups.

The National Retail Federation strongly opposes the Republican presidential candidate’s plan because it would institute a first-ever national sales tax of 9 percent that, the federation says, will dampen consumer spending.

“This will hurt demand and slow the economic recovery,â€