Why Don't the Other 5 Support the Fair Tax?

Three reasons:

1. FEAR
2. FEAR
3. FEAR

There's alot at stake - money, power, fame, leadership, ego, pride, status, endorsements, "the election."

When there's alot at stake, MOST people tend to take fewer risks.

Think about it this way, if I sat a 3-inch-wide beam on the floor right down the middle of your living room, you could probably walk across it just fine without too much fear, right?

BUT, if I put it so that it 40-stories up in the air, spans across a busy city, atop 2 tall 40-story-buildings, I'm thinking you'd be white with fear at the thought of walking across it, right? Why? Because there's alot (i.e. your life) at stake!

Maybe they're afraid of, oh, let's just pick a few:

1. fear that no one will believe them, and thus, losing the election
2. fear of "looking silly" and thus, losing the election
3. fear of not accomplishing the goal, and thus "looking stupid" and thus losing the re-election
4. fear of not convincing the rest of government (Congress, lobbyists, etc) of the importance and brilliance of the Fair Tax and thus, "looking stupid" and etc.
5. fear of being asked tough questions, and thus, losing the election
6. fear that the American people won't understand it, and thus losing the election
7. fear that the American people won't like it, and thus losing the election
8. fear that the American people will fear change in the status quo of "what they've always done", and thus losing the election
9. fear that it won't "sell" well, and thus losing the election
10. fear that it will be difficult to do, and thus failing

If you look at it from just a risk/reward analysis, I completely understand why the other 5 Republican candidates don't want to rock the boat about the IRS tax system.

So, here's the question,

Do you want a candidate of fear?

Or of informed optimism?

Do you want a candidate focused on his win?

Or on what's best for Americans?

Do you want a candidate who recoils from unpopular tough decisions?

Or who looks into the "Eye of the Tiger"?

[BTW, it's not as if any of the other 5 candidates have a different plan to overhaul the ridiculous counter-intuitive, counter-productive American tax system, and they're saying, "my new tax plan is better than the Fair Tax plan." The other 5 candidates just want to change some of the provisions (a.k.a. "tweak") the existing IRS tax system.]

Doug Hall, author of "Jump Start Your Brain," (an awesome book btw) and "Jump Start Your Business Brain," believes in the American Dream, and taking risks - he's a descendant of the Founding Fathers, and embraces personal freedom AND personal responsibility. If you want to read more about fear and courage in the face of the risks/rewards of life, read his book, "Making the Courage Connection."


I choose to live by conviction and courage, not fear. Sometimes I don't always hit the ideal mark, but that's the habit and pattern and goal of my daily living.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a leader who's made the same choice?

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

Chuck Norris endorses Mike Huckabee for President 2008

Made in 2007:



According to Internet Movie DataBase.com, Chuck Norris said:

"Any GOP candidate can be dissected to a point that he is railed for having liberal tendencies. Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has waffled enough around his pro-abortion, pro-gay, pro-gun control views to recruit many Democratic supporters. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has flip-flopped so many times on issues of abortion, immigration and gay rights to make one wonder for what party he's running. Texas Representative Ron Paul's bent toward being an isolationist who wants to bring home every one of our 572,000 troops abroad makes the anti-terror, pro-military hairs on the back of my neck stand. Though Senator John McCain of Arizona is a friend and a true, decorated hero who I personally think would make an excellent vice president for Mike, he opposed the Bush tax cuts and co-authored legislation for comprehensive immigration reform that some believe jeopardizes national security and American sovereignty. And while former Tennessee Senator Fred Dalton Thompson is also a friend, his record of consistently voting against tort reform, opposing the impeachment of Bill Clinton on perjury, supporting opponents of Ronald Reagan (Gerald Ford and James Baker III) in 1976 and 1980, and failing to support federal constitutional amendments that would ban abortion and gay marriage doesn't exactly make him "the only true conservative." To be fair, even if Reagan himself were running today, he likely couldn't dodge liberal labeling, especially for his signing of the Immigration Control and Reform Act of 1986, which granted amnesty to aliens who resided in the U.S. since before 1982."

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

Zig Ziglar endorses Mike Huckabee for President 2008

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

Real-Life CEOs Speak - Breaking News Wed Jan 16, 08

This is truly a landmark election! Real business leaders from Arkansas have spoken - and their message to the American People is that the slander & spin campaigns against Huckabee & questioning his conservative economic economic policies is just well, "shallow rhetoric" (a.k.a. hogwash)!


News Release: Arkansas Businessmen Release Statement Supporting Former Governor and Presidential Candidate, Mike Huckabee

January 16, 2008

Columbia, SC - Today, the following businessmen from Arkansas released a statement in support of former Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee: Scott T. Ford, President and CEO, Alltel Corporation; Warren A. Stephens, President and CEO, Stephens Inc.; Madison Murphy, Former Chairman, Murphy Oil Corporation; John Tyson, Chairman of the Board, Tyson Foods, Inc; and French Hill, Chairman and CEO, Delta Trust and Banking Corporation:

"We are a traditionally bi-partisan group of executives of several of the largest corporations headquartered in the State of Arkansas, each with considerable exposure to the Administration of Governor Mike Huckabee. Of late, Governor Huckabee has attracted what we believe to be unwarranted criticism regarding his business record."

"Our experience with Governor Huckabee indicates that he not only values greatly the freedoms of religion and liberty, but of the free market as well. He is an atypical leader who garnered the respect of not only the professional business community but of the working men and women across our State as well."

"When he became our Governor, he inherited our long sub-standard education system, infrastructure, and regulatory climate. Under his leadership, we were able to grow our businesses, increase our employment, reduce our litigation exposure and enjoy, along with all of our fellow Arkansans, a healthier economy, improved schools, updated highways, and new healthcare delivery facilities."

"In our support of Governor Huckabee's truly conservative, small government business outlook and his pragmatic, yet compassionate style of governing, we invite you to look past the shallow rhetoric of yet another campaign season to see what we have experienced first hand - that with the right political leadership in place, businesses and citizens can jointly prosper and as they do, they contribute so much more to the economic and societal fabric of a community than simply tax revenues."

[Someone get Fred, Mitt, Rush, & Hannity some oxygen . . . ]

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

Remember the 1980 laughter? (and I mean from Republicans & Dems alike)

Remember in 1980 when everyone laughed at a Hollywood actor becoming President of the United States - "as if that will happen" they thought.

Remember when everyone laughed at the idea of Reagan's "trickle-down theory" of economics.

Remember years later when everyone said, "Thank God for Reagan - without him, the 1970's recession would have continued for another decade, without him, our economy wouldn't have enjoyed the tremendous success it had, without him, the USSR and the Berlin Wall would not have crumbled."

I'm sort of glad everyone's laughing now. :)
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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

To All New Jersey-ans - Remember!

This post is especially for those who live in New Jersey.

Do you remember the last time that a millionaire who had supposedly extraordinary "business experience" and promised to do wonderful things with the New Jersey economy, used his personal fortune to fund - and basically out-spend - his competitors to win the title NJ Governor? You got it - Corzine. And what a disaster!
Now, I'm not saying that Mitt Romney will be the same disaster for America. They are truly 2 completely different people. Except that, they are/did both personally bank-roll their campaigns. Just fair warning to those who live in New Jersey.

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

NJ Huckabee Campaign HQ

The NJ Mike Huckabee Campaign HQ website is HERE.

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

Get Official Mike Huckabee for President 2008 Merchandise Here

Get your lawn signs, t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc. HERE:

The Official Huckabee Store on CafePress

Of course, while you're on CafePress.com, you can find alot of other great designs on t-shirts, posters, etc. created by Huckabee supporters.

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

Law of Attraction in a Democracy

Democracies require action.

But, if you believe in the principles of the Law of Attraction (which I do - and I happen to think that it's not in anyway in conflict with my Christianity - it's just a way of describing it differently), or tapping into the Divine Source (regardless of what you label the Source), you also know that the best action is prefaced with:

1. A prayer for direction
2. Listening for the answer
3. Embracing and keeping focused on the manifestation of the answer

So, as an American, if you follow the principles of the Law of Attraction, I ask you to consider doing the following:

1. Pray or ask for an answer or direction from Source of who the best person is to lead America and the Free World

2. Meditate and listen for the answer

3. Embrace and act on that answer - vote on your state's primary day - and, affirm it every day before and after your primary day

Do this even if the answer that you receive from Source is not the same as my answer - at least then we will all know that we are acting and participating in this Great Republic from our Highest, Best Level

Many people believe in a myth that there exists a dichotomy in America between the "Enlightened" and the "Traditional (aka conservative)." It's reasonable that they believe that - because that's what the HUGE MASS MEDIA feeds us every day all day long. There really is no dichotomy. Enlightenment doesn't belong to a religion or a political party or a country. But, we can apply it to our greatest duty of American citizenship - our vote.

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

America the Beautiful

Consider these lyrics from the 3rd verse of "America the Beautiful" and ask yourself which candidate(s) would make similar sacrifices for our Country:

Oh beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife.
Who, more than self, their Country loved, and Mercy more than Life!

And, from that same verse, this line perfectly describes my belief in success, wealth, happiness, and helping others:

Till all Success be Nobleness and every Gain Divine!

And, I'm voting for Mike Huckabee because I think he, alone among the choices from both parties, believes the same thing!

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

Is it just me or is there something about Mitt that just seems off?

First, he came across to me that he was stilted. But, I knew there was more, I just couldn't put my fin ger on it. Then, it started to come to me -

He's full of himself!

He's not bad, he's not hurtful, he's not out to stab people in the back (as that other full-of-herself candidate is), and he does help people, and he does want to do things that help other people, it's just that,

He cares more about his ego than his voters.

I can relate to this - because I'm alot like that! So, in the words of a former Supreme Court Justice, "I know it when I see it." I'm a bookworm by nature and have always been challenged by social interactions the way most people struggle with calculus. It's not that I don't care about people - I DO, and deeply - but I am challenged by thinking of my status and stature so often, as in "How did what I just said impress someone?" "Do they think I'm important?" Many lawyers have this trait - it's why we gravitate to the insane world of lawyerdom.

And, it's probably why Mike Huckabee comes across so differently - maybe it's because he's NOT a lawyer, because he doesn't have that lawyer gene that says, "How did I look? Did I impress them?"

I'll give you another example of this. Mitt likes to tell this story (which is in his recent speech in Detroit - I cut & pasted it from his campaign's website's transcript of the speech):

I said to her after we made the decision to get into this race, and you've probably heard it before, I said, 'Ann, in your wildest dreams did you see me running for President of the United States?'

Now, I can absolutely tell you without a doubt that if I ran for President, that's EXACTLY what I would say to my husband (Chuck)!!! And, there's nothing wrong with that - but it IS about trying to be impressed with yourself, or being impressed with thinking about how many people you're influencing.

Now, if my husband ran for President, it would never occur to him to ask that, impressing people is just not on his radar - making real-life authentic connections, faults and all, with people is what really makes him feel good.

So, you can see now 1 other reason why I like Mike Huckabee for President - it's sort of like getting the "Best of Both Worlds" (to borrow a phrase from my 6 year old daughter's favorite pop star, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus).

Anyway, if you're considering Mitt Romney, I'm not saying he's a bad guy or inherently flawed by this trait or anything - I'm just labeling a "gut feeling" - OR maybe you've had that same gut feeling about him too, and now you know why.

As to the issues, here's a great video about Mitt Romney's stance on the issues, vis-a-vis campaign-trail versus in-office:



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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

Civil Rights by a Baptist Minister

In case you're "afraid" of Mike's background as a pastor and what that means for America - let's remember another Baptist Minister . . . this Country's Civil Rights Leader . . . Reverend Martin Luther King, whom every Democrat applauds and honors, and rightly so. Why then is it that, when a Republican has the faith of one of our Country's heros (in fact, has a National Holiday in his honor), and the faith of one of the Democrat's poster children, he should be continually challenged in the media about his faith and politics, when his adversaries - Democrat or Republican - are not?

Well, today, on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that double standard was discussed, and personally, I think Mike Huckabee's answer was perfect. Here's what happened:

Joe:

". . . For years, if I went into a Northwest Florida to a church and I talked about politics, the Bible, anything, I'd be called a right-wing religious nut. I'd be called a hypocrite. And yet, my Democratic candidate every time would be going into churches, not conservative churches, more progressive churches or African American churches, and they'd be patted on the back and say, 'Oh, in the tradition of Martin Luther King.' Talk about that double standard - it happens all the time."

Mike Huckabee:

"And there shouldn't be a double standard. The truth is that the reason we have Civil Rights today is not because of government, it's because of the church. Martin Luther King did not speak - and never liked the term "Civil Rights Leader" - he wanted to be known as a preacher. And the reason why is because the authority, the moral authority, from which he presented the idea of social justice was Biblical authority.

So, it's not at all out of the way to remind ourselves that Civil Rights is the result of the conscience of the church speaking to this Country and speaking truth to Power, when quite frankly, Power didn't want to hear the message of Civil Rights. But they needed to hear it, because this Nation had to make some serious changes about how they treated African Americans."

See the entire Mike Huckabee on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" here:





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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

A College Student's Top 5 Reasons to Vote for Huckabee

Created by a Mike Huckabee supporter for his English class:



By "Spangladesh44" on YouTube - Permanent YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDK6CYiqqMw

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

Inspiring Report from the Huckabee Campain Trail

Another example of the authenticity of the Huckabee Campaign:


Randy Bishop is a truck driver by trade and a dedicated Mike Huckabee supporter. He sent in this report about his travels and events over the last few days getting the word out about Mike Huckabee.


Hey Everyone,

I don't know how Gov. and Mrs. Huckabee keep up with their busy schedule! After driving down from Traverse City to the Birch Run event on Friday, getting signs, a banner, and other supplies, I drove back home and went to bed about 1:00 am.

I started out Saturday morning at 6:30 am, and got out to my pickup truck which was covered in a fresh lake effect snow. I headed up to the Northern Michigan Voter's Fair & Straw Poll and setup a table right up front between the Romney and McCain tables. Great turnout and we answered alot of really good questions about Mike and his positions. The organizer gave us access to a laptop that had a high-speed connection to the web, that displayed it's screen on a overhead projector which showed up on the stage's huge big screen. So we ran YouTube videos of Mike all day long.

I left the Fair about 4:00 pm, and headed over to the Ronald Reagan Dinner/Charlevoix GOP fundraiser. I put out some yard signs out on the shoulder of the road, in the driveway and was able to park in the very first spot, which was a straight shot viewable from the small entrance driveway. So I put a yard sign on my rear bumper, which was right between my FairTax bumper stickers. The Huckabee sign greeted everyone as they arrived at the event (over 150 people including Duncan Hunter and all the other speakers)!

I was the first person there, besides the host, Charlevoix GOP Chairman - Wes Dillworth (Romney supporter) and his family. I chose to sit at the very first table on the right, next to the bar (even though I don't drink).

People started trickling in about 5:15, and then walked in U.S. Congressman-Peter Hoekstra R-MI. Wes Dillworth was setting up behind the bar and Peter walked over to Wes to say hello. They shook hands, and Wes asked Peter, "so how are we doing in the tracking"? Congressman Hoekstra said..."McCain is drawing smaller crowds than us, but Huckabee is kicking our {backsides}". Right then, Wes happened to look over and see me sitting behind my laptop, and leaned back and whispered something to Peter. Peter immediately looked over at me and nodded...I simply smiled at him and nodded back. This exchange really boosted my confidence to speak in front of the group on behalf of Gov. Huckabee.

The event finally started late at 7:00 pm... We started by having the local sheriff leading us through the Pledge of Allegiance, then a local pastor lead us through a prayer, and then we had a buffet style dinner.

Presidential Candidate/U.S. Congressman-California Duncan Hunter started it off, by giving a great speech. He brought his wife and his son, Duncan Jr. who just got back from Iraq and is running for office in California.

Next, Ex-Presidential Candidate/U.S. Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, spoke and asked us to support John McCain for President.

Next, U.S. Congressman-Peter Hoekstra R-MI, spoke about Mitt Romney .

Oh, I forgot to mention...prior to the speeches starting, I had given the emcee my name to put on his lineup sheet. When I told him my name, he asked me what office I held? I said, "I don't hold an office, I'm a Truck Driver and I'm supporting Mike Huckabee for President, and I'm sorry I don't own a suit so I'm a little under dressed (Black & Silver pullover sweater and black dress slacks), so if you could please tell the audience that when you introduce me, I'd appreciate it." He said OK.

"Next, we have Randy Bishop speaking on why he's supporting Mike Huckabee for President. Randy is a Truck Driver, and he wanted to apologize for being "undressed" for this evening's event because he doesn't own a suit, so here's Randy". (I got more applause than Sam or Peter, they were very nice to me). I told Duncan Hunter, that Gov. Huckabee told me to say Hello....Duncan said, "Tell Mike I said Hi Back"...the audience applauded.

I started off by telling them a little about my trucking business. I told them that I drive an average of four (4) times around the world per year (100,000 miles), using 16,662 gallons of diesel fuel, which cost $53,357 in 2007. After corporate taxes, truck payments, repair bills, insurances, and a semi's license plate ($1,850 per year) I end up with less than 30% to claim as my personal income, which I then have to pay personal taxes on... and end up with less than 22% of my gross income to actually live on and pay for my personal expenses. Needless to say, the entire room was shaking their heads in disgust and amazement.

I told them about Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minutemen Project, and how he interviewed all of the candidates for President. Jim told me personally in Traverse City this week, that the Democratic candidates, "don't even think we have a problem with illegal immigration", and out of all of the Republican candidates, that Mike Huckabee has a real solution to this problem and that's why Jim Gilchrist endorsed Mike Huckabee for President. I told them to go to MikeHuckabee.com under Issues, and read his 9 point strategy listed as his Secure America Plan.

Also, I told them that Mike wants to close the IRS, shut it down and replace it with the "FairTax". I explained that it's a consumption tax and does not tax us on our productivity. I told them to go to MikeHuckabee.com and read more about it there. But more importantly, all these illegal workers would start paying into our tax system when they bought their necessities to live. Other people who get paid in cash, and even visitors to this country (like all of the Canadians who cross over from Windsor into Detroit, or Sarnia into Port Huron) and many others would start paying into our Federal Treasury. Many applauded right then.

I finished by saying simply, Mike Huckabee wants to seal the border, have all of us not be penalized for our labor and profits, and get the U.S. economy booming like we have never seen before in our lifetime!!! That's just some of the reasons I'm supporting Mike Huckabee for President"! The room broke out in a huge, loud applause.

I stayed for the other politicians and listened to their speeches. When it was over, I had no less than 20-25 people come over and tell me that they were switching their vote, and would be voting for Mike Huckabee. A former judge, (I promised not to tell you his name) came up to me and said, "you were the most credible guy on that stage tonight, the rest of them were just politicians"! That made me feel good for Mike.

Gov. Huckabee, I tried to do my best for you. I hope I didn't say anything to hurt your campaign or anything that you didn't want me to bring up...but like I told you at the Birch Run Rally, "I'm just a Truck Driver, who wants you to be our next President".

God Bless you and Janet! I think God has a hand in everything we all are doing in this campaign and hopefully we will deliver a win in Michigan for you this Tuesday.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve you,


Randy

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

The answer to Mitt's tax raising/lower question doesn't determine whether he's a fiscal conservative or not

Here's what I think needs to be said about this stupid confrontation that Mitt & Fred keep trying to set up about the raising/lowering tax question. {It's very similar to the age-old question, Do you still beat your wife Mr. Jones? That is, the question, in and of itself is deceiving and misses the essential issue.}

Here's what could be said, that Mike Huckabee raised (and lowered taxes) but if Mitt or Fred thinks that that fact in and of itself makes be a fiscal liberal then their logic is very flawed. It's what you do in the whole fiscal picture - like also cutting taxes - and creating a $800 billion surplus - and it's what you DO WITH the taxes that makes you a liberal or conservative - like putting it to work to repair the broken school system that the former Arkansas Governor-become-President left ranked at 49th place in the Court and have it achieve #8th ranking! If you use it toward socialist type ends, then you're liberal, and if you use it toward economic stimulus sort of ends that develop business and education and the building blocks of personal responsibility and ingenuity, then you're conservative."


As to the Michigan car manufacturing issue, I'm very sorry to hear that things are as bad or worse in MI as they were in the late '70s when the car manuf started going to Asia. But the realities are that there is no magic wand, and that Republican fiscal conservatism is about laying a foundation for innovation and free competition (eg change the regulation imbalance betwn US & outside, get rid of tax on productivity, encourage innovation), not about promising or guaranteeing employment, which is close to what Romney is trying to "say," though I doubt that he'll "do."

I think that by Mitt promising that "the jobs will come back," clearly inferring the auto industry jobs, he's looking in the rear view mirror rather than toward the possible innovation and American entreprenuership of the future. Looking backwards for a goal is always a mistake. [Note, I didn't say looking backwards in itself is bad, just looking there for a GOAL is a mistake.] The solution is always the as yet unknown and undiscovered item/event in the future.

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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book

An "unscrupulous lender" and an A.R.M.

This is why the Democrats (i.e. Obama & Hillary) are socialists and are about everything EXCEPT American values of personal responsibility, accountability, and fiscal conservatism:

In his speech to a church in Las Vegas today (4:24 pm EST), he said that he was talking to a couple that might lose their home in foreclosure because they got involved with an "unscrupulous lender" who put them into "an adjustable rate mortgage" and now they might lose their home.

Where has the personal responsibility that accompanies freedom gone to in our Nation?

Where is the common sense of risk and reward? Part of why it's missing is because of liberal Washington - everything from POTUS, US Supreme and Congress - enabling people by "saving" them from the consequences of their poor choices (e.g. hot cups of coffee and A.R.M.s). It's not that I don't feel bad when someone makes a poor choice - I do - we all make them - sometimes alot - it's just that my belief of what America stands for is that IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO GUARANTEE TO SAVE YOU FROM YOUR POOR CHOICE - You can't have FREEDOM and no risk, you can't have capitalism and free trade without risk. [Re-read the Grand Inquisitor Chapter of The Brothers Karamazov for a beautifully written example of this very idea.]

This is why I am ideologically opposed to what the liberal institution, the Democrats, stand for.

[And, notice I didn't even have to reach the point about how they'll use taxes un-endingly to fund the popular hand-out of the day that spares people of the risk/reward and free market and free society choices that they made and for which they don't want to be personally responsible.]





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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
The Kids' Bank Book