Where is Grover Norquist’s Opposition to Tariffs?

No, really, this is a good question. Tariff’s are taxes…they are just taxes on very particular economic activities…in this case the import of goods. So why isn’t Mr. NO TAX Norquist out in opposition to President Donald Trump’s ludicrous tariffs? Right now he is too busy moaning about the Canadian…

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Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss breaks from “no tax increases” pledge

This might not make Grover Norquist very happy, but it might signal that Republicans are finally getting serious about dealing with our nation’s debt. Senator Saxby Chambliss this week became the latest Republican lawmaker to loosen his ties to Grover Norquist, the anti-tax lobbyist famous for getting elected officials to…

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Is this the first Hurricane Sandy-related anti-Obama attack?

According to a report in SFGate.com, a woman in northern Virginia received this piece of attack literature on her doorstep this morning. According to the SFGate.com report, the literature was produced by Americans for Tax Reform, an anti-tax group run by Grover Norquist. You may remember Norquist as a prominent…

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Ladies and Gentleman – Your Republican Party

Here are a list of links about your Republican party that need to be shared, but that I did not have the time, patience or inclination to go into more detail. They however really do speak for themselves! 1. Five Missouri State democratic legislators(four of which are African American women)…

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O Rats!

There is much talk in Wisconsin these days of the anti American right wing extremist group called – ALEC. ALEC holds annual conventions where they give all Wisconsin republicans a free trip to wherever their convention is and then tell them what legislation they want introduced and pushed. This covers…

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Starving the government makes as much sense as starving your body

You’ve no doubt heard Grover Norquist’s signature quote, “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” While many conservative politicians may not live and breathe Norquist’s philosophy, that philosophy…

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