As Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee (R) hosted President Bush's 2005 town hall meeting on Social Security reform in Little Rock. As such, he has associated himself with personal retirement accounts for some time but details of his plan are unclear.
*"After the Des Moines Register editorial board met with Huckabee, the paper said he 'would head off a "Social Security train wreck" by getting workers engaged in planning their own retirement with a combination of Social Security and personal accounts.'" (Des Moines Register, 4/17/07)
*In 2005, Governor Huckabee defended President Bush's proposal for personal Social Security accounts. Unfortunately, however, Governor Huckabee qualified his support, saying, "I don't think anyone pretends it solves the long-term issue of solvency. It's trying to address methods to improve the system and broaden the base of how it is funded" (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 02/04/05).
