Who's Afraid of Grover Norquist?

摘要

For 25 years, Grover Norquist, president of the advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform and one of the most influential conservatives in Washington, has offered a simple warning to any politician who dared to flirt with the idea of raising taxes: "Don't." Those who sign his "Taxpayer Protection Pledge"-including 234 of 240 GOP members in the House, 40 of 47 Republican senators, and most Republican Presidential candidates-vow to "oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for individuals and/or businesses" and to fight the elimination of any tax deduction unless it is matched by an equivalent tax cut.