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It’s not every day that a Hollywood actor comes out as a conservative, but Tim Allen is no stranger to controversy. In the 1990s, Allen became an A-list actor when he played Tim Taylor on the hit show Home Improvement.
Now, in the fifth season of Last Man Standing, Allen is playing Mike Baxter, a “very smart Archie Bunker” character who pokes fun at sensitive issues without the scandalous comments Bunker often made.
On Thursday, Allen was a guest on Fox News’ Hannity, discussing his fiscally conservative ideas.
Host Sean Hannity showed a clip of the show in which Allen’s character made the comment: “You see the world is kinda opposite of Hillary Clinton. It actually gets less scary the better you know it.”
Hannity followed up with a question: “How close to Tim Allen is Mike Baxter?”
Allen replied that his problem-solving skills come from his upbringing and growing in a single-parent home. He stated that he uses those problem-solving skills in local politics, working within regulations to get things done.
“I’m what they call fiscal conservative,” he said.
Allen made fun of politicians who think they can “spend their way out of debt.”
Hannity and Allen talked about how easy it would be to balance budgets by taking one penny from every dollar, every year for six years, suggesting budget issues would be a thing of the past.
What do you think? Do we need more Hollywood actors to openly promote fiscally conservative ideals like Allen has done?