Mike Huckabee has become a first-tier candidate in part by getting FairTax supporters to help his campaign. But now that he has climbed in the polls, his advocay of the national sales tax is beginning to generate some negative press.
Conservatives such as Rich Lowry of National Review understandably have some qualms about Huckabee’s less-than-stellar fiscal record in Arkansas, but attacking tax reform is not the best resonse - particularly if they legitimize class-warfare arguments:
…the FairTax has given Huckabee a convenient talking point, and it boosted him in a key test of Iowa strength five months before anyone actually votes. For the seat-of-the-pants Huckabee operation, this must make it ipso facto good policy. Never mind that it is unworkable and would be politically deadly in a general election. To avoid the risk of getting both a national sales tax and an income tax, FairTaxers would have to repeal the 16th Amendment. Good luck.
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