I don't play Sim City. I have nothing against playing Sim City.
I am retired, which is what Herman Cain should be. I figure that by this time next year, he will be retired, or perhaps pursuing a second culinary career.
I don't think Cain plays Sim City, either. He is an extrovert, and craves attention from others. He is competitive, and wants to beat others. Videogames like Sim City tend to attract introverts.
I believe that we shall find that he asked his advisers for a "bold plan", and his advisers. not being economists and wishing to look like they were thinking "outside the box", looted this 999 idea from Sim City.
I think that it is interesting news when anyone who seeks to run a country takes an idea for a tax plan from a video game. If a candidate running for president of Albania, Estonia, or Uzbekistan did this, I imagine that it would end up in the news. It is like a man who bites a dog: a topic of interest that will attract readers.
It has nothing to do with what I think of Cain's likelihood of being elected. I imagine that looting a tax proposal from Sim City will not win him widespread acclaim for his profound intelligence, though. I still think that the nomination is Romney's to lose. Huntsman would be a better president, but he seems unlikely to get the nomination.