liberal....did you know that Arkansas’s state percentage of tax burden on it’s citizens was down considerably after Huckabees last term? He had cut the state income tax rates and now has the fairtax as part of his platform. That is awesome and hardly liberal.
Not even close. The per-capita tax burden for Arkansas citizens went up 47%(!) under Huckabee. Arkansas was number 30 among the 50 states for per capita state and local tax burden when Huckabee took office. When he left office, Arkansas had the 13th highest per capita tax burden in the country.
The Cato Institute gave Huckabee a "D" on taxes and spending for his tenure in office. In 2006, they ranked Huckabee at "F" -- with the worst governors in the nation on tax policy.
His record is not just so-so on tax-and-spend issues -- it's awful.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2007/nov/14/taking-stock-tax-hike-mike/