Grover Norquist is fast becoming the man everyone loves to
hate – except those who fear him. Norquist, the leader of Americans
for Tax Reform, is both the architect and enforcer of the Republican
Party’s obsessive opposition to all taxes – an obsession that
threatens to drive America off a fiscal cliff.
Every
Republican running for president (except John Huntsman) has signed
Norquist’s no-tax pledge. So have 13 governors, 1,300 state
legislators, 40 of the 47 Republicans in the Senate, and 236 of the 242
Republicans in the House.
Politicians
who refuse to sign Norquist’s pledge – or who violate it after getting
elected by voting for tax increases -- risk facing his wrath in the
next election. To avoid getting branded as pro-tax, they sign. Few
candidates have wanted to appear “soft” on taxes since Ronald Reagan
beat Walter Mondale in 1984 after the Democrat said that, if elected,
he’d raise taxes. READ MORE
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