Mike Huckabee (R)
| Campaign Website | http://www.mikehuckabee.com/ |
| Political Base Page | http://www.politicalbase.com/people/mike-huckabee/13416/ |
| Net Neutrality | In favor of net neutrality: "The Internet is a highway and we don't restrict highways to 18-wheelers...if it's a car, an SUV, or a truck, you use the same highway." |
| Immigration and H1B Visas | In favor of increasing the number of visas for "highly skilled and highly educated applicants" |
| Taxes & Internet Taxes | "Huckabee is proposing a consumption tax [dubbed the 'Fair Tax']. Instead of paying taxes on what you earn, you would pay on what you spend. Huckabee would abolish virtually all federal taxes - including the income tax, the corporate tax, the Social Security tax - and replace them with a 23 percent national sales tax." He's also in favor of an internet sales tax and the abolition of the IRS. |
| Technology Education | N/A |
| Digital Divide | N/A |
| Identity Theft | N/A |
| Mobile Spectrum Auction | N/A |
| China | N/A |
| Intellectual Property | Sponsored resolution that noted "federal leadership in technology transfer is of critical importance to the development and commercialization of established intellectual property." |
| Renewable Energy | "We all ought to agree that we live on this planet as guests. I think Republicans have made a big mistake by not being more on the forefront of conservationism. I consider myself a conservationist. I think we ought to have some cap and trade. It worked with acid rain. I think it could work with CO2 emissions. I think we ought to be out there talking about ways to reduce energy consumption and waste. And we ought to declare that we will be free of energy consumption in this country within a decade, bold as that is. Frankly, it's a matter of national security to get to the point where we're not dependent upon oil coming from countries who, frankly, aren't very friendly to us." |
| Other | "Read the Bible more; blog less" - From Hope to Higher Ground, by Mike Huckabee, p. 30 Jan 4, 2007 |
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