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The reason that the total taxation (federal-state-local) stayed low is only because federal taxes stayed low. If Huckabee had been President, that would have been trouble. Hmmmmm......

Fallacious logic, if I may say so. Mike Huckabee is a strong supporter of the 10th Amendment.

Actually it is YOUR LOGIC that is fallacious. The part of the Government that Mike Huckabee had control over GREW because of the tax hikes Mike Huckabee supported and passed. The part that he did NOT have control over, the Federal part, did NOT GROW an actually shrunk a bit because of the Bush tax cuts.

It's absurd to give Mike Huckabee credit for Bush's tax cuts as a way to defend his record when he had nothing to do with them. Rather slick and phony argument, but Huckabee has been slick and phony on a lot of his defenses of his record.

Why do you bother defending such a tax-and-spend liberal? Why dont you just admit he's bad on this issue and move on? What do you see in this unqualified, nonconservative, and ethically-challenged candidate anyway?

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Too bad Arkansas state government has to take care of roads, education, court orders, leftist legislatures, and health issues.

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The part of the Government that Mike Huckabee had control over GREW because of the tax hikes Mike Huckabee supported and passed.

How did Huckabee have control over the Lakeview case? I thought that was controlled by the state Supreme Court.

How did Huckabee control the road conditions? Could he have gotten them magically repaired without paying for it? Everyone here seems to be satisfied with the road improvements with the pay-as-you-go program.

How did Huckabee control federal mandates for Medicare and Medicaid?