Post by Logan on Jan 15, 2016 20:08:07 GMT -6
Mike Huckabee Thinks Poor Americans Benefit From Treating Them Like We ‘Train Dogs’
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, in predictable conservative fashion, has just said something extremely offensive about people who aren’t wealthy white men like him.
During Thursday night’s GOP undercard debate, Huckabee stated that it was only “common sense” to treat poor people with the same punishment/reward techniques that people use to “train dogs” if we want to improve the economy. Huckabee claimed that because “the tax system punishes them,” the current system made it impossible for Americans to really get ahead. He said:
As an alternative, the former governor of Arkansas suggested the “Fair Tax” plan, which would enforce a national flat sales tax of 10 percent.
Continue reading at www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/15/mike-huckabee-thinks-poor-americans-benefit-from-treating-them-like-we-train-dogs-video/ .
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, in predictable conservative fashion, has just said something extremely offensive about people who aren’t wealthy white men like him.
During Thursday night’s GOP undercard debate, Huckabee stated that it was only “common sense” to treat poor people with the same punishment/reward techniques that people use to “train dogs” if we want to improve the economy. Huckabee claimed that because “the tax system punishes them,” the current system made it impossible for Americans to really get ahead. He said:
“If you work really hard and you start moving up the economic ladder, you get bumped into a different tax bracket so the government thinks it deserves more of your hard work than you do. It’s time for something big.”
As an alternative, the former governor of Arkansas suggested the “Fair Tax” plan, which would enforce a national flat sales tax of 10 percent.
“It’s built on the common sense with which we raised our kids and train dogs. You reward behavior you want more of. And you punish behavior you want less of. That’s how I raise kids, it’s how I trained our dogs. And folks, it’s not that difficult.”
Continue reading at www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/15/mike-huckabee-thinks-poor-americans-benefit-from-treating-them-like-we-train-dogs-video/ .