• 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and repealed the state's 8 cents a gallon gasoline tax.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.
		

• 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