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Friday, February 02, 2007
Governor Huckabee and Taxes: The Full Story
by Andrew Roth (Club for Growth):Washington – In his recent response to the Club for Growth’s presidential white paper on his gubernatorial record, Governor Huckabee touts his $80 million tax cut in 1997, but fails to explain the multiple tax hikes he signed or allowed to become law during the rest of his tenure, including a $377 million sales tax hike in 2004 (Los Angeles Times 02/07/04). By the end of his second full term, sales taxes in Arkansas were 37% higher than when Governor Huckabee took office in 1996. Motor fuel taxes and cigarette taxes were 16% and 103% higher respectively (American for Tax Reform 01/07/07). “This really isn’t very complicated,” said the Club’s President, Pat Toomey. “Taxes were higher when he left office than when he entered. On balance, that makes him a tax hiker.”
The governor also wildly exaggerates his record, claiming he cut taxes “nearly 100 times,” but the Arkansas Times demonstrates the absurdity of this claim: ... Read MoreFor the full Club for Growth report on Huckabee,click here for the printable PDF file. Tags:GOP, grocery tax, Mike Huckabee, presidential candidate, Republican, tax-cutsTo share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
Huckabee opposed the elimination of the sales tax on food and medicine in 2002, saying the state couldn't afford it. Implicit in his opposition is a complete lack of faith in the Bush tax cuts to stimulate the economy and now look at the huge AR. State surplus, a direct result of those tax cuts. He's even worse than his tax record.
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by Andrew Roth (Club for Growth): Washington – In his recent response to the Club for Growth’s presidential white paper on his gubernatorial record, Governor Huckabee touts his $80 million tax cut in 1997, but fails to explain the multiple tax hikes he signed or allowed to become law during the rest of his tenure, including a $377 million sales tax hike in 2004 (Los Angeles Times 02/07/04). By the end of his second full term, sales taxes in Arkansas were 37% higher than when Governor Huckabee took office in 1996. Motor fuel taxes and cigarette taxes were 16% and 103% higher respectively (American for Tax Reform 01/07/07). “This really isn’t very complicated,” said the Club’s President, Pat Toomey. “Taxes were higher when he left office than when he entered. On balance, that makes him a tax hiker.”
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Huckabee opposed the elimination of the sales tax on food and medicine in 2002, saying the state couldn't afford it. Implicit in his opposition is a complete lack of faith in the Bush tax cuts to stimulate the economy and now look at the huge AR. State surplus, a direct result of those tax cuts. He's even worse than his tax record.
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