Mike Huckabee

schieffer __PUNCT__ and join us now from spartanburg __PUNCT__ south_carolina __PUNCT__ former governor mike_huckabe __PUNCT__

governor __PUNCT__ good morn __PUNCT__

let go right to the economi becaus there is __PUNCT__ with no question about it __PUNCT__ a recess out there in michigan where thi next primari is go to be held __PUNCT__

john_mccain sai some of the job have been in __PUNCT__ lost in michigan ar simpli not come back __PUNCT__

governor romnei sai he go to try to get them back __PUNCT__

where do you come down on thi __PUNCT__ isn't mccain realli right about that __PUNCT__ some of these manufactur_job that have gone oversea __PUNCT__ it go to be imposs to bring them back __PUNCT__

huckabe __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ when we talk about manufactur __PUNCT__ you need to understand why manufactur is import to america __PUNCT__

it not just about the job __PUNCT__ though that critic __PUNCT__ and we want to be abl to be __PUNCT__ have the capac to manufactur becaus those ar the job that provid stabil for the middl_class __PUNCT__

it alwai been a critic part __PUNCT__

but there anoth reason manufactur is critic for the unit_state __PUNCT__

if we can't realli produc our own weapon of self defens and we outsourc our manufactur __PUNCT__ we outsourc our freedom __PUNCT__

and on of the thing that i said __PUNCT__ there three thing we have to have for freedom __PUNCT__ feed ourselv __PUNCT__ fuel ourselv and fight for ourselv __PUNCT__

the arsen to democraci wa what franklin_roosevelt call america __PUNCT__ and the heartland of that arsen ha been michigan __PUNCT__ where thei realli help us to understand how to produc our airplan __PUNCT__ our tank __PUNCT__ our bullet __PUNCT__ our bomb and to build thing that provid for us the capac to be free __PUNCT__

if we lose that __PUNCT__ we lose more than just job __PUNCT__

we lose our veri basi of freedom __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ governor __PUNCT__ i think everybodi would agre with that __PUNCT__ but what ar you plan to do to get michigan back on it feet __PUNCT__ huckabe __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ on thing we done __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__ we had free_trade_agreement that we haven't enforc on both side of the border __PUNCT__

i a free trade gui __PUNCT__ but i a fair_trade gui and that not what happen __PUNCT__

when you have on side that cheat by send in product that ar contamin with lead paint or that make our pet sick __PUNCT__ when you have product method that pollut the environ and mistreat and violat the human right of worker __PUNCT__ that not a realli free_trade_agreement that be enforc __PUNCT__

so a lot of american ar find that their govern is not try to help them keep their job __PUNCT__ their govern is work against them __PUNCT__

the unit_state state_govern ought to work to make sure that __PUNCT__ if we go to have free_trade_agreement __PUNCT__ that these ar be enforc both side __PUNCT__

otherwis __PUNCT__ it as if the unit_state state_govern is work for the job to go to someplac els __PUNCT__

and when you look into the face of a michigan worker __PUNCT__ you look into the face of anxieti __PUNCT__ of a person who not sure that he go to be abl to get a paycheck __PUNCT__ put food on hi tabl and send hi kid to colleg __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ governor __PUNCT__ do you have ani plan for ani kind of a cut_tax to get the economi just __PUNCT__ sai __PUNCT__ on a __PUNCT__ on a nation __PUNCT__ on the nation_level __PUNCT__ do you have ani kind of a plan to bring the countri out of a recess __PUNCT__ mayb it not in a recess nationwid __PUNCT__ but a lot of peopl think it veri close to that __PUNCT__

what do you plan to do about that __PUNCT__ huckabe __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ our tax_system is part of the problem __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__

it penal product __PUNCT__

if you creat a graduat tax system that graduat the tax_rate on the level of product and the level of earn __PUNCT__ it counterintuit to the economi __PUNCT__

the reason that i support the fair_tax is that it doesn't penal product __PUNCT__ it simpli tax peopl at the point of consumpt __PUNCT__

there __MONEY___trillion of us capit that been move offshor __PUNCT__ mark off in cayman island bank_account __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ governor __PUNCT__ mai i just interrupt you __PUNCT__ huckabe __PUNCT__ but i just want to make the point that that monei is not __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__

huckabe __PUNCT__ __URL__ the unit_state economi __PUNCT__ and it could be __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ sir __PUNCT__

but that down the road __PUNCT__

let talk about the problem right now __PUNCT__

is immedi action need __PUNCT__ the wai you seem to be talk thi morn is we can __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ take these step down the road __PUNCT__

but is there an immedi problem here __PUNCT__ huckabe __PUNCT__ there sever thing i do immedi as presid __PUNCT__

first thing __PUNCT__ i make sure we didn't rais_tax __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ we tri to cut the margin_tax_rate to stimul the economi __PUNCT__

secondli __PUNCT__ i make sure that we target particularli high_unemploy state like michigan with job retrain program __PUNCT__ and we us the commerc_depart and we us everi resourc that we had to try to make sure that we bring busi and industri with incent to some of these hard __PUNCT__ hit area so that we can keep the job __PUNCT__

the final thing i do is i insist that we enforc both side of the trade_agreement that we have __PUNCT__ and that we take a much harder look at the wai that thei be carri out on the other side __PUNCT__

the american_worker go to hi job todai need to know that hi govern is work for him __PUNCT__ not against him __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ governor __PUNCT__ governor romnei rip you pretti_good thi morn on your ad that you run about how you cut_tax down in arkansa __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ it is disingenu __PUNCT__ that you rais_tax __PUNCT__

huckabe __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ he been throw that at me for all thi time __PUNCT__

here what i know __PUNCT__ he rais the fee in massachusett by over half a billion_dollar __PUNCT__

i took arkansa __PUNCT__ with the firstev broad __PUNCT__ base tax_cut in it __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year_histori __PUNCT__

we were on of __NUM___state that were under a state suprem_court court_order to fix our school __PUNCT__ which we did __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ thi past week __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__ got some good new __PUNCT__

arkansa school ar now rate the eighth best in the nation __PUNCT__

that a long wai from __NUM__ __PUNCT__

and that how you build job __PUNCT__ you educ kid __PUNCT__ you make sure peopl have access to health_care __PUNCT__

we took a __MONEY___million deficit __PUNCT__ i left the state with an __MONEY__ million surplu __PUNCT__

the busi_commun support what we did __PUNCT__ thei were support of the road __PUNCT__ build program __PUNCT__

i did not leav my road and bridg fall apart when i wa governor __PUNCT__

i took on of the worst road system __PUNCT__ turn it into what trucker magazin said wa the most improv road system __PUNCT__

ronald_reagan would have been critic by mitt_romnei todai __PUNCT__ just like mitt romnei critic ronald_reagan a few year_ago when he said he wasn't part of that reagan __PUNCT__ bush thing __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__

huckabe __PUNCT__ but i wa a part of that reagan thing __PUNCT__ and i just want to conclud __PUNCT__ ronald_reagan rais_tax when he wa governor becaus governor balanc_budget and act respons __PUNCT__

but he also believ that lower_tax ar better than higher_tax __PUNCT__ and i believ that __PUNCT__

and i believ less govern is better than more govern __PUNCT__

and i govern that wai __PUNCT__

but you balanc the budget __PUNCT__ you don't leav debt for the next gener __PUNCT__

and that what peopl in america ar look for is compet __PUNCT__ not polit judgment __PUNCT__ but principl judgment __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ but you did rais_tax __PUNCT__ didn't you __PUNCT__ governor __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ in addit to cut_tax __PUNCT__ you did rais some tax __PUNCT__

huckabe __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__ when you under a suprem_court court_order __PUNCT__ you do what you need to improv your school __PUNCT__ i work with our legislatur and we got major __PUNCT__ realli improv done in our school_system that __PUNCT__ without __PUNCT__ our kid would still be languish in last place __PUNCT__

i don't apolog for rais the expect and the hope and the opportun for the kid of my state __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ all right __PUNCT__

huckabe __PUNCT__ i don't apolog for build road __PUNCT__ either __PUNCT__

i apolog for leav my road in a mess __PUNCT__ is what i be apolog for if i hadn't have done it __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ all right __PUNCT__

governor __PUNCT__ we go to take a quick break __PUNCT__

we come back and talk about thi some more __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ announc __PUNCT__ schieffer __PUNCT__ and we back now with mike_huckabe __PUNCT__

governor huckabe __PUNCT__ talk about the state the __PUNCT__ of the economi out there in michigan __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ you been a governor __PUNCT__ you were a baptist preacher __PUNCT__

while you were do all that __PUNCT__ mitt_romnei wa a businessman and he wa a veri success businessman __PUNCT__ and he took over a lot of compani and he put them back to make_monei and made them success __PUNCT__

why would you argu that you better qualifi to get michigan back on it feet than __PUNCT__ sai __PUNCT__ governor romnei __PUNCT__ huckabe __PUNCT__ becaus as a governor __PUNCT__ i got arkansa back on it feet __PUNCT__

we had the largest_number of job_creation in the histori of our state __PUNCT__

we had the lowest unemploy number consist in the histori of our state __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ what mitt_romnei did is admir in some quarter __PUNCT__ but in some wai __PUNCT__ there ar a lot of peopl who lost their job when hi compani would take over __PUNCT__ restructur a compani __PUNCT__ lai a lot of peopl off __PUNCT__

lot of time the ceo and the peopl at the top got some pretti huge bonus and made a lot of monei __PUNCT__

a lot of peopl went home without a pension and a paycheck __PUNCT__

i not sure that what michigan look for __PUNCT__

i think what america look for __PUNCT__ not just michigan __PUNCT__ but the rest of the countri __PUNCT__ is somebodi that understand how to lead in a wai that __PUNCT__ when he complet hi lead __PUNCT__ he can get re __PUNCT__ elect __PUNCT__

and i didn't just get elect on time and sai that it __PUNCT__ but i continu went back to the voter of my state __PUNCT__ and my leadership wa affirm by them __PUNCT__

and that pretti remark when you ar a republican in a state that been domin by democrat for all those year __PUNCT__

and even when i becam governor __PUNCT__ __NUM__ percent of elect_offici were of the democrat_parti __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ let just talk about a littl bit about the polit of all thi now __PUNCT__

what do you have to do out in michigan __PUNCT__ do you think you can win that state __PUNCT__ or would you be satisfi with second __PUNCT__ huckabe __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ we go to be satisfi with be in the mix __PUNCT__

becaus john_mccain won there eight year_ago __PUNCT__ he got a good organ __PUNCT__ is a known quantiti __PUNCT__ but i think peopl ar begin to sai __PUNCT__ mayb we need someon from a new gener __PUNCT__ someon who not a washingtonian __PUNCT__ somebodi who come from the practic of actual lead a state __PUNCT__

mitt_romnei grew up there __PUNCT__ graduat high_school there __PUNCT__

hi dad wa governor there __PUNCT__

hi last name open_door __PUNCT__

i assur you __PUNCT__ my last name hadn't open a singl door in michigan __PUNCT__

but i think peopl in michigan ar look for somebodi who relat to the wai that thei struggl __PUNCT__ and that on of the reason our campaign is even in plai __PUNCT__

without a staff __PUNCT__ without a big organ __PUNCT__ it about heart __PUNCT__ messag and soul __PUNCT__

and if we can recaptur the soul of the republican_parti __PUNCT__ we can recaptur the soul of america __PUNCT__

i not go to predict a win in michigan __PUNCT__ but i go to predict that we surpris peopl by even be a contend __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ you and senat_mccain have been veri nice to each other __PUNCT__

you had some harsh word __PUNCT__ though __PUNCT__ for governor huckabe __PUNCT__

ar you and senat mccain in some wai in cahoot __PUNCT__ huckabe __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ you said harsh word for governor huckabe __PUNCT__

i assur you __PUNCT__ i never said a harsh about governor huckabe __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ i mean governor romnei __PUNCT__

i beg your pardon __PUNCT__

huckabe __PUNCT__ i sai veri nice thing about governor huckabe __PUNCT__

i think senat mccain and i have a mutual respect for each other __PUNCT__

we both go after the same_job __PUNCT__ but i hope we prove that you don't have to be angri and hostil and tear someon els down __PUNCT__ you just ought to share what you have __PUNCT__ what you bring to the job and let the voter make the choic __PUNCT__

john_mccain and i have tri to oper with a level of civil_discours that i am convinc a lot of american ar hungri for in polit __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ governor huckabe __PUNCT__ and you ar governor huckabe __PUNCT__ thank you veri much __PUNCT__

we appreci it __PUNCT__

huckabe __PUNCT__ thank __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__

good to be with you again __PUNCT__