Pushing a consumption tax (note; he does not call it FairTax).
Q 1 – Are you disappointed in fundraising? – Nope.
Q 2 – What about Obama not wearing the flag pin? – Fashion is not the statement.
Q 3 – Are you concerned about government privatizing war? – We could outsource peeling potatoes, but we really shouldn’t outsource combat. We’re only spending 3.8% GDP now, we were at 6% under Reagan. We’re at 17% for health care.
Q 4 – Another fundraising question – We have as much money in the bank as some of the guys who raised $10 million. NASCAR reference (the tape will catch that).
Q 5 – Do you think you can break through with the Reagan Democrats? – I’ve done it before in Arkansas (62/38 Dem).
Q 6 from Leslie – (missed it as well)
Q 7 from the Row – How can you reconcile federalism with smoking bans, and another part on health care? – It’s a federalism issue, and I supported it as a workplace issue because the science has ended, and “you can’t spit out what you chew”.
I see me.
Huckabee reasserted his ardent FairTax support tonite in nationally televised debate in Dearborn, Michigan.
While many who are invested in the current income tax system seek to demagog the well-researched FairTax plan, FairTax’s theoretical underpinnings have been professionally reviewed, and its acceptance in the professional / academic community continues to grow.
Renown economist Laurence Kotlikoff believes that failure to enact the FairTax – choosing instead to try to “flatten” what he deems to be a non-flattenable income tax system – will eventuate into an irrevocable economic meltdown, because of the hidden aspects of the current system that make political accountability impossible. Tom Frey, of the DiVinci Institute, foresees the coming collapse of the income tax system.