{"id":3700,"date":"2007-10-29T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/huckbee-demonstrates-why-he-is.html"},"modified":"2007-10-29T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-29T08:16:00","slug":"huckbee-demonstrates-why-he-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/huckbee-demonstrates-why-he-is.html","title":{"rendered":"Huckbee demonstrates why he isn’t loved by fiscal conservatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huckabee demonstrates<\/a> that he doesn’t get why lower taxes are important:<\/p>\n

“In biblical terms, it is like the salt losing its flavor; it’s sand,” Huckabee said. “Some of them have spent too long in Washington. . . . I think they are going to have a hard time going out into the pews and saying tax policy is what Jesus is about, that he said, \u2018Come unto me all you who are overtaxed and I will give you rest.’ “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Excuse me, but what the heck do you call it when the middle class and the lower class vote for politicians who promise to take money from the rich and give it to them? I call that stealing and we all know what God says about that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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