Huckabee: Taxes Like Training Dogs, Raising Kids, Reward Good Behavior

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said in Thursday's undercard GOP debate that tax policy should be like "we raised our kids and trained dogs."

"You reward behavior you want more of, and you punish behavior you want less of," he said.

"We now punish behavior we want more off, by taxing it and reward the behavior we want less of. If you make a good investment, we punish you with a tax. If you make a bad investment you can write that off and rest of taxpayers help subsidize you and help bail you out."

The tax system moves people into a higher tax bracket when they improve their lives by getting a better job, he noted.

"No matter how many different reforms you have to a tax on people's productivity, you're still taxing their works, their savings, you're taxing their capital gains, inheritance, dividends. Taxing everything that produces something," he said, touting his "fair tax" with "no payroll tax deducted from their checks. They get their entire paycheck."

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