If elected president, Mike Huckabee would push for a federal sales tax to replace taxes on income and productivity. That was part of the message from the former governor of Arkansas this morning at the Davenport Country Club. The Scott County GOP's Lincoln Club sponsored the breakfast campaign stop.
Huckabee says he's probably the only republican candidate who's against cutting social security and Medicare.
To balance the budget and reduce the debt, Huckabee would reform the tax code by implementing a federal sales tax and eliminating many other taxes. He says that would bring manufacturing back to the US, and encourage companies to stop moving their operations off-shore.
The republican candidate says he would rebuild the military, and that it should only be used to protect the US, not for nation-building or as a social experiment.
After visiting Waukee and Winterset today, Huckabee will get on a Soap Box tomorrow morning at the Iowa State Fair. It's sponsored by the Des Moines Register.