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Mike Huckabee presidential campaign, 2016/Government regulations

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Mike Huckabee suspended his presidential campaign on February 1, 2016.[1]


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Former presidential candidate
Mike Huckabee
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(1996-2007)
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  • Mike Huckabee criticized the disproportionately negative impact of government regulations on small businesses in his 2008 book, Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America. Huckabee wrote, "The cost of regulatory burden is enormous but also felt unequally. As governor, I could see that small employers were generally ill-equipped to handle a visit from an inspector. Mom-and-Pop outfits didn't have lawyers and lobbyists running interference for them, so they just had to take the hit and pay the fine – only big companies could afford to take the government to court. For firms with more than 500 employees, the annual cost per employee for compliance with environmental law was $717 annually. For companies with fewer than 20 employees, the annual compliance cost was $3,228. In fact, some big companies have figured out that regulation provides them with an opportunity to 'game the system.' That is, a large corporation can hire Washington reps who will help create the rigmarole that disproportionately hurts its smaller rivals. That's one reason why big government and big business usually get along so well together."[2]

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  1. ↑ USA Today, "Huckabee ends GOP presidential bid," February 1, 2016
  2. ↑ Huckabee, Mike. (2008). Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America. New York, NY: Sentinel. (page 69).
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