Arkansas Taxes Up $642 Million Under Huckabee, Report Shows

In November, Huckabee repeatedly defended his record, calling himself a "fiscal conservative" and pointing out that he had cut taxes 90 times as governor.

But according to data compiled for Cybercast News Service by Stephen Slivinski, director of budget studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, the tax hikes Huckabee supported between 1997 and 2007 were far heftier than his tax cuts. (Slivinski compiled his report from tax records available at the bi-partisan National Conference of State Legislatures.)

The numbers show that taxes increased at an average of $15 per person per fiscal year during Huckabee's tenure (1996-2007). The net tax cuts supported by Huckabee from fiscal years 1997 to 2007 totaled $222 million, while net tax increases supported or unopposed by Huckabee totaled $864 million.

The net increase in taxes supported by Huckabee, therefore, equaled $642 million. With a population slightly declining - from 2.7 million in 1997 to 2.5 million in 2007 - net taxes collected in Arkansas rose by more than $3 billion during Huckabee's gubernatorial tenure.

The "Reverend" Huckleberry???

Hell, he lies more than Bill Clinton!!!