Huckabee whoppers according to Flack Check - He says that there are 93 million people without jobs. There are, but over 37 million are over 65 and retired and only 6.1 million want a job in the first place. Huckabee goes on to lie by repeating the debunked lie (that refuses to die) that the ACA took $700B from Medicare when it is a $700 billion savings for Medicare over 10 years actually strengthening Medicare. And the list goes on stating that when he was Governor of AR he cut taxes 94 times. He did, but he also raised taxes 21 times and AR had a net tax increase of $505.1 million. Finally he boasts that he raised family income by 50% during his tenure, but from 1995-2006 the median household income in AR rose only 9.3% in inflation adjusted dollars.
Do these guys not think anyone is checking them? Or do they just not care because they know the majority of those who vote for them won't bother checking and if I were to enlighten these poor deluded people they would most likely call me a liar (it's happened) rather than check for themselves. It's a sad day in America when we have the ill informed and the lied to (Fox viewers) going to the polls to elect those that would govern/control us. I am against a literacy test to vote, and it's actually unconstitutional, but perhaps we need a political literacy test? I say that with tongue in cheek and meant as satire folks, so don't jump on me about the poll tax. But all joking aside, it should be required to graduate high school at the very least. I live In Arkansas so can speak first hand about Mr. Huckabee as a wack job. He was not a good Governor and he most definitely will not be a good President, not that I think he's got any chance at all of getting his party's nomination, but the lies he tells are indicative of the ones that they all tell. I have reached a point where I quite literally start seeing red when I see or hear these people. I am increasingly incensed at the blase way they chip away at our democracy. How easily the lies and distortions of truth drip from their lips. I now have the DC switchboard number on speed dial so I can quickly dial them while my ire is up. If you want to do the same it's 202-225-3121 or 202-224-3121, Either one works.