Bullet Points: Alan Keyes on Taxation and Government Spending

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The following are bullet points of Alan Keyes position on Taxation and Government Spending as posted on his campaign website:

• No "reform" of the income tax system can "correct its fundamental denial of control over our own money."
• "Only the abolition of the income tax will restore the basic American principle that our income is both our own money and our own private business — not the government's."
• "Replacing the income tax with a national sales tax would rejuvenate independence and responsibility in our citizens."
• "A national sales tax would also put the American citizen back in control of fiscal policy. The best way to curtail government spending is to cut taxes, because they can't spend what they don't get."
• Add "a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, with barriers to both borrowing and spending, is the best way to secure budget discipline."

Source: www.alankeyes.com

Mike Huckabee and Mike Gravel...The Only Fair Tax Candidates

• Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Mike Gravel are the only two Presidential candidates supporting the Fair Tax.
• According to http://www.fairtax.org/ "the fair tax:
• Enables workers to keep their entire paychecks
• Enables retirees to keep their entire pensions
• Refunds in advance the tax on purchases of basic necessities
• Allows American products to compete fairly
• Brings transparency and accountability to tax policy
• Ensures Social Security and Medicare funding
• Closes all loopholes and brings fairness to taxation
• Abolishes the IRS"
• This is accomplished with a national sales tax that replaces federal income and payroll taxes.
• Link to Fair Tax caluclator: http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=calculator

Sources: Candidate's Websites and http://www.fairtax.org/

Mike Huckabee and Mike Gravel Support Fair Tax

Mike Huckabee, Widening I95 and Drug Dealers, Prostitutes, Pimps, Gamblers

Mike Huckabee had some original answers at last week's Republican debate in Florida.

When responding to what is needed for an economic stimulus package he responded as follows:

"But if we're going to spend $150 billion, I'd like to suggest that maybe we add two lanes of highway from Bangor all the way to Miami on I-95. A third of the United States population lives within 100 miles of that.

This nation's infrastructure is falling apart. And if we built those lanes of highways -- with American labor, American steel, American concrete -- I believe it would do more to stimulate the economy.

And the reason I say that is because when we were going through a recession in my state, we were in the middle of a billion-dollar highway construction program that brought about 40,000 jobs and brought a billion dollars of capital into the economy. That's a long- term stimulus package that I think would have more impact on the American long-term future. And it would keep social capital from being wasted, fuel wasted. A lot of people in Florida sit around in traffic every day, never getting to their kids' dance recitals or soccer games because they're stuck in traffic, and we've done nothing about it."

My favorite was part of his response with regards to question on the Fair Tax:

"Everybody gets in the economy -- no more underground economy. Drug dealers, prostitutes, pimps, gamblers, non-Republicans -- (laughter) -- all of those people out there will be paying taxes. Nobody's working under the table."

While Mike Huckabee is not my candidate I do have to give him kudos for stepping outside of the political talking points and voicing unique ideas.