Difference between revisions of "Mike Huckabee"
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As Governor of Arkansas, he was a strong supporter of raising taxes. At the end of his ten years in office, he was able to enact a 37% increase in sales taxes, a 16% increase in taxes on motor fuels, and a 103% increase in taxes on the sale of tobacco products. | As Governor of Arkansas, he was a strong supporter of raising taxes. At the end of his ten years in office, he was able to enact a 37% increase in sales taxes, a 16% increase in taxes on motor fuels, and a 103% increase in taxes on the sale of tobacco products. | ||
| − | He has criticized President [[George W. Bush]]'s tax cuts as being too oriented towards the wealthy, despite objective evidence showing that they shifted the tax burden to the wealthy<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/01/a_report_on_mike_huckabees_fis.php</ref> | + | He has criticized President [[George W. Bush]]'s tax cuts as being too oriented towards the wealthy, despite objective evidence showing that they shifted the tax burden to the wealthy<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/01/a_report_on_mike_huckabees_fis.php</ref>. Although, conversely, the Congressional Budget Office released a [http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5746/08-13-EffectiveFedTaxRates.pdf report] in 2004, that claimed the opposite: |
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| + | Fully one-third of President Bush's tax cuts in the last three years have gone to people with the top 1 percent of income, who have earned an average of $1.2 million annually.<ref>http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5746/08-13-EffectiveFedTaxRates.pdf</ref> | ||
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Huckabee lost 110 pounds while governor of Arkansas and documented his weight loss and set out a 12-step plan for weight loss in his book ''Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork.'' <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7752179/site/newsweek/</ref> He has also made childhood obesity a major platform issue. | Huckabee lost 110 pounds while governor of Arkansas and documented his weight loss and set out a 12-step plan for weight loss in his book ''Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork.'' <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7752179/site/newsweek/</ref> He has also made childhood obesity a major platform issue. | ||
Revision as of 02:39, March 11, 2007
Mike Huckabee is a Baptist minister and candidate for the 2008 presidential election. He believes in Creationism and was the governor of Arkansas.
As Governor of Arkansas, he was a strong supporter of raising taxes. At the end of his ten years in office, he was able to enact a 37% increase in sales taxes, a 16% increase in taxes on motor fuels, and a 103% increase in taxes on the sale of tobacco products.
He has criticized President George W. Bush's tax cuts as being too oriented towards the wealthy, despite objective evidence showing that they shifted the tax burden to the wealthy[1]. Although, conversely, the Congressional Budget Office released a report in 2004, that claimed the opposite:
Fully one-third of President Bush's tax cuts in the last three years have gone to people with the top 1 percent of income, who have earned an average of $1.2 million annually.[2]
Huckabee lost 110 pounds while governor of Arkansas and documented his weight loss and set out a 12-step plan for weight loss in his book Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork. [3] He has also made childhood obesity a major platform issue.