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== Record as Governor ==

== Record as Governor ==

   

   

As [[Governor]] of [[Arkansas]], Mike Huckabee has both cut and raised taxes. For example, during his ten years in office, the Arkansas legilsature enacted increases in tobacco, sales, and fuels tax; however he also signed into legislation tax cuts taxes over 90 times during that period as well. Recently he signed the Presidential Taxpayer Protection Pledge to Americans for Tax Reform.  

As [[Governor]] of [[Arkansas]], Mike Huckabee cut and raised taxes. For example, during his ten years in office, the Arkansas legislature enacted increases in tobacco, sales, and fuels taxes; however he also signed into legislation tax cuts over 90 times during that period. Recently he signed the Presidential Taxpayer Protection Pledge to Americans for Tax Reform.  

In 2005 he was named one of [[Time Magazine]]'s top five governors.{{fact}}

In 2005 he was named one of [[Time Magazine]]'s top five governors.{{fact}}

'''Taxes''':  

'''Taxes''':  

He has criticized President [[George W. Bush]]'s tax cuts as being too oriented towards the wealthy, although the Congressional Budget Office released a [http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5746/08-13-EffectiveFedTaxRates.pdf report] in 2004, that claimed the opposite:

He has criticized President [[George W. Bush]]'s tax cuts as being too oriented towards the wealthy, although the Congressional Budget Office released a [http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5746/08-13-EffectiveFedTaxRates.pdf report] in 2004, that claimed the opposite.

'''Spending''':

'''Spending''':