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• Sarah Palin sought to spur economic growth and thereby
increase energy supplies in Alaska while in office as Governor by
supporting drilling in the Alaska Wildlife National refuge.
• She signed a contract with Trans Canada Corp for a natural
gas pipeline. She also brought down the tax burden on the
Alaskans paying high gas prices by giving a onetime $1200 rebate
and repealed the state's 8 cents a gallon gasoline tax.
• Palin says that only with discipline can we foster economic
growth and suggested billions of surplus funds to be deposited in
state savings.
• She blames predator lenders for coaxing Americans to live
beyond their means. In situations where people could afford to
buy a $100,000 dollar house, they were forced to buy one for
300,000.
• In conformation with her plans to save for the future she
proposed a $7.1 billion savings plan. This she planned to invest
in education and transportation sector as well as energy.
• Palin is a firm believer in free market capitalization saying
that it encourages best and most competitive projects and ensures
a fair democratic process.
• As Alaskan Governor she said she intended to control spending
by request and if necessary by veto.
• Sarah Palin believes Cap and Trade will kill the economy and
criticized President Obama's plans to curb green house gas
emissions saying this will only poleax the US economy.
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• Mike Huckabee aims at expanding the 'Hope Now' program which
is a voluntary alliance between the government and subprime
lenders to helped troubled borrowers.
• He proposes various tax cuts and finally abolishing the
income tax with sales tax.
• Build a homeland security fence along the Mexican border to
prevent illegal workers from entering the country.
• Huckabee would increase the usage of wind power and decrease
dependence on foreign oil.
• Abolish marriage penalty and death tax and advocate further
tax cuts.
• Extend rebate to all purchases made below the poverty line so
that the poor are not taxed.
• Increase defense spending by $200 billion.
• Extend expiring tax cuts from Bush's term and make college
fees deductible.
• Mike Huckabee proclaimed that he would not support any new
taxes but would concentrate on reducing federal spending.
• Huckabee did say if we enter a new level of war there would
be no choice but to raise the taxes.
• He supports flat tax, globalization and line item veto power
believing that the line item veto power will help to curb
spending.
• He supports free trade to rake in more revenue but insists it
has to be fair trade.
• In order to decrease spending he said he would get rid of the
Inland Revenue Service and revamp Department of Homeland
Security.
• Huckabee advocates reigning in out of control spending to
balance the budget
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