Do the Right Thing
No national politician has worked harder to put the FairTax on the media and public radar than Mike Huckabee. As a former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate, Huckabee used the state primaries to promote the FairTax, providing major exposure–and building great grassroots support–all over the country. And he’s not done yet.
Now he’s back as host of a new show (“Huckabee“) on Fox News and doing commentary for ABC Radio. He is also starting a national tour now to promote his new book, Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That’s Bringing Common Sense Back to America. Governor Huckabee’s book covers the FairTax at length, clearly stating that, “It’s been my position that a responsible tax structure should be flat, fair, finite, and family friendly. The FairTax covers all those criteria.”
Mike Huckabee: “It’s been my position that a responsible tax structure should be flat, fair, finite, and family friendly. The FairTax covers all those criteria.”
Did he say “flat”? Isn’t that a mischaracterization?
I think flat is a fair characterization. There is only one rate. I am pretty sure that is how the flat tax gets its name, i.e. because there is a single rate versus the multiple rate progressive system.
If the “FairTax” is such a great idea, why did Huckabee never move to abolish his own state taxes in favor of a “FairTax”-type system in Arkansas?
Dave,
Huckabee did not know about the Fair Tax until after he left office in Arkansas. He learned about it on the campaign trail in Iowa and thought it made so much sense it could not have come out of Washington. He then resolved not only to support it but also to sell it, and he has been doing just that ever since.
~Jim
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J JOSEPH C FOX JAN 10, 2009 AT 11 40 am . permalink
The concept of a fair tax is almost as absurd as the Sixteen Amendment. There is no such thing as a fair tax or a family friendly tax. This is all smoke.
All you are doing is adding to the confusion and the breakdown of The Constitution.
Check out The Liberty Amendment.
We need strict adherence to The Constitution which will reduce the governments requirement for money thereby eliminating many taxes. Which makes the fair tax absurd.