“Why the Governor Raised Taxes “
So he ADMITS he raised taxes. He rather raised taxes, than cut spending.
This is a DEMOCRAT approach to budget — spend, spend, than tax, tax, and so on.
“Beer Tax: Huckabee opposed letting the tax expire (2006) — The tax was used to fund programs for abused and neglected children. Without the tax there would be no funds for those programs. “
It’s always “for the children”. Straight out of the Dem talking points.
Read the entire article.
BTW, Reagan also raised taxes while governor of California for things that states are supposed to do, not the federal government. Would it be more Republican to simply ask the Senators of the state to put the funding in as some earmarked, pork barrel project like the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska or the Big Dig in Boston?