Maybe you had better read that article again — you obviously didn’’t get his point the first time aroun.
Boortz thinks that votes for Huckabee in the primaries, win or lose, will translate into a groundswell of support for the FairTax — wishful thinking on his part. Why would Huckabee’s success be attributed to that issue rather than, for instance, his stance on a Human Life or Marriage amendment, which have also been cornerstones of the Huckabee campaign? Expecting the Republican Party to latch on to the FairTax based on a strong (but probably not winning in most states)showing by Huckabee doesn’t seem realistic.
And even if the overwhelming majority of Republican base supported it, the FairTax would still have no chance politically given the continuing close divide between Republicans and Democrats. No Democrats, and few Republicans, would even consider scrapping the current tax system, much less enacting a tax that could be easily smeared as regressive and damaging to the poor.
And so the actual consequence of his primary voting strategy of casting a ballot for Huckabee is to add support to the nanny-state wing of the Republican Party. Boortz’s rationale makes no sense to me, given his overall beliefs.