Herman Cain’s “9-9-9” plan: Did it come from SimCity?

Long before Herman Cain was running for president and getting attention for his “9-9-9” plan, the residents of SimCity 4 – which was released in 2003 – were living under a system where the default tax rate was 9 percent for commercial taxes, 9 percent for industrial taxes and 9 percent for residential taxes.