Kennedy : Cain lauds founding fathers , ignoring the fact they protected slavery . Kennedy : His signature policy -- the 9-9-9 tax reform proposal -- would institute a regressive consumption tax nationally and starve Social Security and Medicare . Randall Kennedy says blame yourself if you 're jobless and dismisses documented racism . Cain would cut Medicare and Social Security , he says , and redistribute income upward . Randall Kennedy writes that Cain 's policies are anti-black and blacks reject him for that .
Kennedy : Cain lauds founding fathers , ignoring the fact they protected slavery . Kennedy : Randall Kennedy says blame yourself if you 're jobless and dismisses documented racism . Cain would cut Medicare and Social Security , he says , and redistribute income upward . Randall Kennedy writes that Cain 's policies are anti-black and blacks reject him for that .