Mike Huckabee Supports the Fair Tax Because ‘Giving Proportionately Is Biblical’

“The fair tax is a tax on consumption not productivity. Why should you punish people for their productivity? You shouldn’t! But if you tax consumption, guess what? The richest people will pay the most taxes because they consume more. But everybody will pay something. See I believe in the biblical understanding of stewardship. Everybody should have something invested. God doesn’t say, ‘Oh, you’re too poor, don’t give anything.’ He says, ‘Everyone give a tithe.’ What does that mean? I gave a tithe, James, when Janet and I barely could rub two nickels together. We were looking for the other nickel in the sofa cushion. (Laughter) I understand what -- but you know what?

God blessed on giving whether we had a lot or whether we didn’t. And God’s blessed us recently. We’re grateful for that. But I’m telling you something, giving proportionately is biblical. So if everybody said, ‘Look, I’m only going to pay a tax based on what I consume,’ then everyone is going to contribute but they’re going to contribute according to that which they have, rather than that which they wish they had. That makes more sense. And one of the best things about that is we would get rid of the IRS. They would be gone. Done forever and forever!"