FactCheck.org has an analysis of the war of words between Mike Huckabee and the Club for Growth regarding Huckabee's tax record. He's an excerpt of what they determined:
Huckabee claimed that a speech in which he implored the state Legislature to raise taxes was in response to a state Supreme Court order to increase education funding. But he specifically said in that speech that he would address the education matter at a later date.
He said a tax on beds filled in nursing homes was a "fee" not a tax, despite the fact that he himself has called it the "bed tax."
Huckabee claimed a gasoline tax was only passed after 80 percent of voters approved it. Not true. The tax was enacted before a referendum vote on highway repairs.
He frequently says he cut taxes "almost 94 times" but leaves out the 21 taxes raised during his tenure. In the end, he presided over a net tax increase.
FactCheck.org found that some of Fred Thompsons criticism of Huckabee was exaggerated, but I didn't see anything that undermined the Club for Growth's claims.
Read the whole analysis here.
HT to Tax Hike Mike.
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