Mike Huckabee: Campaign Issues
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Where he stands
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Budget/Deficit/Taxes
- As governor of Arkansas, Huckabee cut the state's capital gains tax, abolished the marriage penalty and pushed the legislature to pass a $90 million tax cut
- Known for his fiscally conservative policies
- Cut taxes 90 times during his term as Arkansas' governor
- Stresses the importance of lessening the tax burden on the working class in order to spur economic growth
Immigration
- Believes that illegal immigrant kids should be allowed to attend college despite their parents' crime; punish people who break the law, but not their children
- Believes we are a better country if we allow scholarships for illegals
- Would build a border fence within 18 months of taking office and use American labor and materials
- Pathway to citizenship must start out of the U.S., but would work to make legal immigration quick
Energy/Environment
- Passed smoke-free workplace across all Arkansas in 2006
- Believes hunters are some of our most dedicated environmentalists
- Follows Boy Scout rule: leave earth better than we found it
- Believes Ethanol mandate is a matter of national security
Foreign Policy
- Believes Islamic terrorism is the most pressing issue for the U.S.
- Has said lifting the Cuban embargo rewards Cuba
- Concerned about Russia and Putin's human rights violations
- Won't pressure Israel to give up land for promise of peace
- Doesn't believe it is our country's job to export our form of government
Domestic Issues
- Strongly opposes same-sex marriage
- Believes homosexuality is a sin the same as heterosexual lust
- Strongly opposes abortion, instituting "Choose Life" licenses plates in Arkansas while Governor
- More from Campaign 2016
—Jennie Wood
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