Maybe there is no "outrage" because there is nothing "outrageous" about a federal tax plan that people can understand, is fair, and eliminates the current DISASTER of a tax code that has crippled us into the mess we are in now.

As for VAT, that's not what Cain proposes. A national sales tax of 9% at the cash register is not the same as VAT added every step of the way (and hidden) before the product got to the store.