Huckabee is not the answer...

Here is a list describing Mike Huckabee's somewhat poor record on fiscal conservatism. While Mike Huckabee is supported by many evangelicals under the belief that he is a proponent of Reaganomics, he is not.

• Signed a sales tax hike in 1996 (Cato Policy Analysis No. 315, 09/03/98).
• Supported an internet sales tax in 2001 (Reuters, 02/23/04).
• Publicly opposed the repeal of a sales tax on groceries and medicine in 2002 (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 09/11/02).
• Signed a gas tax in 1999 (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 06/29/99)
• Signed cigarette tax hike in 2003 (Americans for Tax Reform 01/07/07)
• Signed a bed tax on private nursing home patients in 2001 (Associated Press 06/29/01).
• Proposed a sales take hike in 2002 (Arkansas News Bureau 12/05/02).
• Opposed a congressional measure to ban internet taxes in 2003 (Arkansas News Bureau 11/21/03).
• Allowed a 17% sales tax increase to become law in 2004 (The Gurdon Times 03/02/04).

According to the [Arkansas] Democrat-Gazette, “the average Arkansan’s tax burden grew from $1,969 in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1997, to $2,902 in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2005, including local taxes,” a whopping tax increase of 47% under Huckabee’s tenure. Tax legislation passed while Huckabee was governor totaled “a net tax increase of $505 million, a figure adjusted for inflation and economic growth,” according to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

"Mike Huckabee raised more taxes in 10 years in office than Bill Clinton did in his 12 years."


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