Huckabee and Palin

I just turned fourteen and got "Going Rogue" and "Do the Right Thing" (Mike Huckabee) for my birthday. I finished "Do the Right Thing" and am reading "Going Rogue". Mike Huckabee talks about the FairTax in his book, and having healthcare instead of disease care.

I think the FairTax is a great idea, because it doesn't require government stalking and regulating. It doesn't require discrimination in the name of "fairness". The FairTax doesn't punish hard work and effort. Instead, it, if I understand correctly, would be just one tax on what people consume. That way the poor would automatically pay less in taxes because they would consume less. It would be "fair", but not discriminatory.

Then there's "disease care" versus "healthcare". Huckabee talks about how we need to "self-govern" ourselves so we have less need for civil government. This way, if we all choose to eat more healthily, healthcare costs would go down because there would be less people getting sick. We could focus on preventing diseases instead of caring for them once they are already upon us.

In Sarah Palin's book, I was truly surprised and disgusted at how corrupt, hypocritical, and cruel people were as she progressed from city counsel all the way up to governor of the state of Alaska. She was trying to put government on the side of the people, trying to limit it, trying to connect with the public and help Alaska's wildlife and its oil industry (helping the people instead of the big oil companies), because the people of Alaska, according to the state's constitution, own the state's natural resources.

Anyway, while she was mayor of Wasilla, a lady came to her office, and expressed her sympathy. Palin didn't know for what. Then the lady told her she was sorry Palin's daughter had been caught smoking pot, to which Palin responded. "She got caught? Dang! Which daughter? My toddler or my kindergartner?" Thhis is the kind of person, hardworking, determined, God-fearing, and grounded. If she and Huckabee ran together in 2012, the GOP might have a chance. And even if they didn't win, at least Reepublicans could, in clear conscience, dust off their mirrors and start using them again.

Another thing I find remarkable about Huckabee and Palin is that both had little funding in their campaigns in comparison to other candidates, but they still changed their parts of the world.

And of course, they are both strong conservatives, and more interested in "vertical politics", which Huckabee talks about in his book. Vertical politics is a sort of moving away from left-vs-right politics, and into up-and-down politics (good or bad effects). While I am still a strong conservative and believe that conservatism is correct, this is a great way of thinking.

And even THINKING at all is a great start.