His criticism isn't completely off but please, spare me the "moral crisis" line when it was the GOP who spearheaded the financial engineering that brought us to this point. Yes, the bankers and their enablers are immoral but most people are grounded enough to see the financial crisis as well, a financial crisis. This has nothing to do with the stability of families and everything to do with legalizing financial products that never should have been legalized. Maybe Huckabee would like to voice his criticism of his fellow Republicans who are grabbing wads of cash from Wall Street so they can turn back the clock and try again. CBS News:
"People say this is not a year where we ought to be talking about social issues," Huckabee said today at the Values Voter Summit, conference hosted by the socially conservative Family Research Council. However, he said, "We need to understand there is a direct correlation between the stability of families and the stability of our economy."So does this mean Newt Gingrich is responsible for America's poverty?
The financial meltdown on Wall Street that sparked the recession was "not a money crisis, it was a moral crisis," Huckabee said. Financial institutions were allowed to function like casinos, he continued, and "if they lose, you the taxpayer pays for it and the governmnet breaks both your legs to pay for it."
The moral crisis extends far beyond Wall Street, the former -- and possibly future -- Republican presidential contender said. Referring to the newly released, sobering poverty statistics, Huckabee said, "The real reason we have poverty is we have a breakdown of the basic family structure."
