Herman Cain Inspires Spirit's 9-9-9 Sale

God bless Spirit Airlines.

First, the company took on Tiger Woods' Thanksgiving car accident and then quickly followed suit with the BP oil spill. Next up was Charlie Sheen's tiger blood fascination in a "Living the Dream" sale in March.

Now the airline is mocking Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan with a new 9-9-9 vacation plan that is both super patriotic and super silly.

Everything about the sale is — you guessed it — associated with the number 9 and "being real."

Unlike the Tiger ads, this gimmick somehow doesn't seem as ruthless. Plus, $9 per-way fares? That's not something to blame anyone for, if we say so ourselves.

Comments

[simplesins]

04:45 PM on 10/14/2011

What I find most horrifying about the whole 9-9-9 gimmick is that it has me agreeing with Michele Bachmann.

[mamacat]

02:53 PM on 10/14/2011

To steal an old internet insult:

Cain may look like an idiot, and he may sound like an idiot, but don't let that fool you.
He really is an idiot.

[julietjdx3]

12:10 PM on 10/14/2011

you can run but you cannot hide karma catches up with you and greedy people always end up bad
as they say in my country where I am from they say want all lose all

[Okey Umez]

11:57 AM on 10/14/2011

That was quick. We are now realizing the benefits of 9-9-9.

[You Gotta Be Kidding]

11:41 AM on 10/14/2011

HuffPostAOL guidelines have been temporarily suspended to allow Liberal Racism and Bigotry regarding Herman Cain.

[geif]

11:18 AM on 10/14/2011

Cain may get to be on the Republican ticket as a VP candidate, but that is as far as he goes. He will never be POTUS.

[You Gotta Be Kidding]

11:47 AM on 10/14/2011

I wish what you're saying was the case for Obama. How did Americans ever let that happen?

[Okey Umez]

11:55 AM on 10/14/2011

By exercising their rights to vote for a candidate of their choosing. They'll get another chance to do that in 13 months. You may or may not get your wish, but 'aint that America'.

[Gary H Mayer]

11:50 AM on 10/14/2011

geif: Cain's 9-9-9 plan will eventually hurt him. He will lose the retiree and SSI recipient vote along with others on low or fixed incomes because we don't pay taxes. He will lose the vote of the working mother with a walk-away husband/boyfriend - the mom who makes $16,000 per year at Wal Mart, while trying to support three children. She should not have to pay a 9% sales tax even if her income is too low to be taxable.

I, personally am a retiree with a negative taxable income (probably 90% of all retirees are in my category). I don't gain anything from a reduction to 9% federal taxes. I lose, because I will have to pay 9% for goods and services. And, is that in addition to state sales taxes? Must be, because the fed can't regulate state and local sales taxes.

Working people think retirees are all rich and living in The Villages. Ninety percent are on fixed incomes and don't make more than $25,000 per year. Our SS is not taxable at that income level. We haven't had an increase in SS in two years.

Cain's plan is outrageous and a plague on lower income citizens. He will not have my vote, but he won't be the Republican candidate anyhow. I only blog to inform others that the bulk of people who don't pay taxes are fixed income retirees and low income workers. This plan hurts them immensely.

[Sallie Fajardo]

11:18 AM on 10/14/2011

Someone that's against auditing the Fed is not someone that's looking out for the tax payers.

[Okey Umez]

12:02 PM on 10/14/2011

And blessings to you, senorita!!.

[You Gotta Be Kidding]

11:17 AM on 10/14/2011

Herman Cain sure brings out the true, racial and bigotry, colors of the Radical Liberals!

[Gary H Mayer]

11:55 AM on 10/14/2011

Wrong! His plan of 9-9-9 is advantageous to middle and high income working-class people. It hurts retirees on fixed incomes as well as low income people, including SSI recipients. These are the 49% who don't pay taxes. A scant few retirees live in The Villages or are snowbirds with two houses. And, finally, we haven't seen an SS increase in two years. We can't even afford teddy bears for our grandchildren.

[You Gotta Be Kidding]

02:31 PM on 10/14/2011

No one should have a free ride. What do the 49% that you refer to contribute to society? What ever happened to saving for the future and families taking care of their own? The Democrats have turned this country into a welfare state! I repeat NO ONE should get a free ride! If you can't contribute financially, then you should be expected to do community service. Grab a shovel or a paint brush!

[wilhug]

11:05 AM on 10/14/2011

The man has accomplished a lot and is not the typical black racist. He's mostly conservative, to my liking, but the 9% national sales tax is lunacy. The liberal tax-mongers will increae it over time and still keep income taxes high. In Miami Florida we already have a 7% state sales tax so if you add 9% to that we'll be paying 16% tax on everything we buy. I say lower the Federal income tax to 10% but make everybody pay, rich and poor alike. No deductions, no reverse payments from IRS to lower income earners, no entitlements, cut the phony disability payouts to only the critical ones, etc. If you earn $100 you pay $10, period. No matter who you are. That's fair, and the rich will pay a lot more because they earn more. Do the same 10% for business, where the great majority of jobs are created, and everybody will benefit. Cain is a marketer, and the 9-9-9 plan is sales promotion rhetoric. Let's be real, he could never get that passed anyway.

[Gary H Mayer]

12:01 PM on 10/14/2011

I disagree with your 10% plan. Retirees on fixed incomes should not have to pay taxes on any part of social security unless their total income is over $50,000. Retirees are not rich.

If I had to pay federal taxes on my SS I would lose $1,800 per year or about 9% of my income. I cannot maintain a decent retiree lifestyle on that. Whatever happened to the 'Golden Years?'

[Kritikos]

11:03 AM on 10/14/2011

How'd do folks....I'm Herman Cain........, but you can calls me Uncle Remus. I wants to tell you a story 'bout nine, nine , nine......I keeps sayin' nine, cause dat's fur as I kin count.

[left turn]

09:58 AM on 10/14/2011

I love the plan. Turn 999 upside down and look what you get. That alone should scare off any endorsement by the fundamentalist right.

[healinstruct]

10:12 AM on 10/14/2011

Obama turns thing upside down. Wrong is right, etc. etc.

[healinstruct]

09:50 AM on 10/14/2011

This deserves to be repeated so the Marxists can ignore it once more:

3. Herman Cain changed careers again!

* Adviser to the Federal Reserve System. Herman Cain went to work for the Federal Reserve Banking System advising them on how monetary policy changes would affect American businesses­.

* Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. He worked his way up to the chairmansh­ip of a regional Federal Reserve bank. This is only one step below the chairmansh­ip of the entire Federal Reserve System (top banking position in the country). This position allowed him to see how monetary policy is made from the inside and understand political forces that impact monetary system.

4. After reaching top of the banking industry, Herman Cain changed careers for a fourth time!

* Writer and public speaker. He started to write and speak on leadership­. His books include Speak as a Leader, CEO of Self, Leadership is Common Sense, and They Think You’re Stupid.

* Radio Host. Around 2007—after 40 year career—he started hosting a radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio station in the country).

Herman Cain did all this starting from rock bottom (his father was a chauffeur and his mother was a maid). When you add up his accomplish­ments including reaching top of three unrelated industries­: informatio­n systems, business management and banking, compared to ‘COMMUNITY ORGANIZER’­, Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last half century.

[Vince Vaccaro]

11:05 AM on 10/14/2011

IMHO, Mr. Cain is an EXCELLENT candidate to be our President and I would vote for him in a New York minute ......

[hudmason]

09:42 AM on 10/14/2011

Obama had two years of control where is his plan I have already seen the CHANGE now I want a plan #1 STOP SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS NOT NEEDED #2 YOU CAN'T SPEND WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE # 3 GOVERNMENT JOBS PRODUCE NOTHING # 4 GET RID OF ALL THE PEOPLE NOT PRODUCING AT THESE JOBS, MAKE THEM WORK AS IN THE PRIVATE JOBS. Too many pay checks for people doing nothing, go to any government office the DMV city workers, alot are there to collect a pay check don't ask them to do there job that would be work

[shmh1]

10:01 AM on 10/14/2011

Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. wants Mr. Obama to by-pass Congress and wants him to hand out 15 million "jobs". In other words, he wants a dictatorship with Mr. Obama as dictator.

[glers]

09:29 AM on 10/14/2011

9-9-9 Emergency

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0K5mHHhVU4

[kitty9]

09:16 AM on 10/14/2011

I'd pay $99 if they would fly his arrogant bigoted but out of the country for good!

[healinstruct]

10:06 AM on 10/14/2011

Where did you get the $99? Daddy George Soros come through again?