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[[image:huckabee.jpg|200x200px200px|thumb|right|Mike Huckabee]]

Michael Huckabee was born on August 24, 1955, in Hope, Arkansas. He was the first male member of his family to earn a high school diploma, and enrolled at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he majored in religion and minored in speech. He won a special election for lieutenant governor in 1993, then became governor when Jim Guy Tucker was convicted in events relating to Whitewater. Huckabee was elected to full terms in 1998 and 2002. He ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2008 but lost to John McCain. In 2015, Huckabee announced that he will run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. [http://www.biography.com/people/mike-huckabee-261446#pastor-and-politician(Bio)]

==CorporationsJobs and Business Policy=='''Stop punishing manufacturing; stop punishing work'''[http{{://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Mike_Huckabee_Corporations.htm]Mike Huckabee (Jobs and Business Policy)}}

"We'd get rid of taxes on people's work, so, we wouldn't punish people for working anymore. We've lost five million manufacturing jobs since 2000. The jobs are in Mexico, they're in China, they're in Indonesia. Bring the jobs back. And with the FairTax, you do that, because you don't tax capital and labor. And here's the best part. We don't reduce the IRS, we get rid of the IRS." [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-debate-transcript-primetime-debate-on-economy/] '''Wall Street executives should have gone to jail in 2008'''==Health Policy=="Q{{: You have railed against income inequality. You've said that some Wall Street executives should have gone to jail over the roles that they played during the financial crisis. Are there specific steps you would require from corporate America to try and reduce the income inequality.Mike Huckabee (Health Policy)}}

HUCKABEE==Drug Policy=={{: Look, corporations ought to exercise some responsibility. When CEO income has risen 90% above the average worker, when the bottom 90% of this country's economy has had stagnant wages for the past 40 years, somebody is taking it in the teeth. And it's not the folks on Wall Street. I'm not anti-Wall Street, but I don't believe the government ought to wear a team jersey, pick winners and losers. The government ought to wear a striped shirt and just make sure the game is played fairly."[http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/28/gop-presidential-candidates-square-off-in-cnbc-debate.html]Mike Huckabee (Drug Policy)}}

"Q==Trade=={{: Decade after decade, there are promises from Republicans to shrink government. But it gets bigger, even under Republican politicians. So is the government simply too big to shrink?Mike Huckabee (Trade)}}

HUCKABEE: It's not too big to shrink. But the problem is we have a Wall Street-to-Washington axis of power that has controlled the political climate. The donor class feeds the political class who does the dance that the donor class wants. And the result is federal government keeps getting bigger. Every person on this stage who has been a governor will tell that you the biggest fight they had was not the other party. Wasn't even the legislature. It was the federal government, who continually put mandates on the states that we had to suck up and pay for. There are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This is power that should be shifted back to the states, whether it's the EPA or the Department of Education."[http://time.com/3988276/republican-debate-primetime-transcript-full-text/]==JobsImmigration=='''Wages for bottom 90% of the economy stagnant for 40 years'''[http{{://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Mike_Huckabee_Jobs.htm]Mike Huckabee (Immigration)}}

"The Fed is in trouble because they haven't addressed the number one issue that's hurting Americans and that's that wages for the bottom 90 percent of the economy have been stagnant for 40 years. In the 25 years after World War II, wages grew by 85 percent. People were moving up. That's not happening any more, and in large measure, the Fed has manipulated the dollar so it doesn't have a standard. Tie the dollar to something fixed and if it's not going to be gold, make it the commodity basket."[http==Environmental=={{://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-debate-transcript-primetime-debate-on-economy/]Mike Huckabee (Environmental)}}

The rising cost of college also threatens middle class families, students and the American dream. For too many, college is where students discover mountains of debt — but not a lifelong career. We must tackle the establishment and reform our colleges and universities so they make sense for the jobs of tomorrow."[http://www.mikehuckabee.com/education(MHWE)]==Energy=="We should explore and exploit all forms of domestically produced energy — oil, gas, wind, solar, bio-fuels, hydro-electric, nuclear, coal — anything and everything."[http://www.mikehuckabee.com/energy]*push for energy independence*support Keystone Pipeline

Repeal & replace ObamaCare.[http://www.mikehuckabee.com/spending-debt(MHWSD)] 

Oppose new gun restrictions, registrations, regulations & mandates[http://www.mikehuckabee.com/2nd-amendment] ==National Security==Rebuild America’s military superiority. The best way to avoid conflict is to build a lethal fighting force so strong and powerful that no one would dare mess with us. Restore our role as leader of the Free World. Our enemies no longer fear us and our allies no longer trust or respect us. Reject Obama’s crisis-management approach to the world. We need a President who will accept responsibility and lead. As President, I will lead with moral clarity in a dangerous world. Moral clarity is the foundation to our economic and military strength.[http://www.mikehuckabee.com/national-security]==Health Care=={{:Mike Huckabee (Health PolicyMHWGC)}} ==Border Security=="America has an immigration crisis on its hands, and it’s time for the federal government to do its job. Without a secure border, nothing matters.We have drug cartels running reckless on our southern border, and the Washington establishment wants to reward illegal immigrants with amnesty and citizenship. As President, I will: 1) Reject President Obama's unconstitutional executive orders. 2) Oppose amnesty. 3) Secure the border now. If you reward people who play outside the rules and punish people who live within the rules, pretty soon nobody is going to play by the rules. We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws." [http://www.mikehuckabee.com/border-security]

Priorities matter — our nation must make sure the first fruits of our treasury go to those serving in uniform." [http://www.mikehuckabee.com/veterans(MHWV)]

I governed a rural state for ten years and 25% of our economy was agriculture. I was also born and raised in rural America. As President, I will never forget my roots or my small town values."[http://www.mikehuckabee.com/agriculture(MHWA)]

I may stand alone, but I am absolutely faithful to the issue of marriage. Not because it’s politically expedient, but because it’s the Biblical position, the historical position and the right position. We must defend, protect and preserve traditional marriage." [http://www.mikehuckabee.com/family-values(MHWFV)] ==Entrepreneurship and Innovation== {{:Mike Huckabee (Entrepreneurship and Innovation)}}