Comments on: Does The Norquist Tax Pledge Only Apply To The 1%?

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:32:16 +0000

All who signed this Grover Norquist pledge over the past 14 years should be charged with treason!

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By: Citizen kaye

Citizen kaye — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:56:38 +0000

Both Eric Cantor and Norquist have attempted to wrap the pledge as a pledge to their constituents, not to Grover Norquist. That’s quite a stretch. However, it’s a fact the pledge is a pre-requisite for congressmen to get financial and political support from Norquist and his afilliates. John Boehner stating that Grover Norquist is just some “random person” is also a hoot.

The Norquist Pledge supercedes Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution which states that Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes … to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. The signers of the TPP have in effect pledged to abandon their fiduciary responsibility to the Federal Government, and in doing so have guaranteed insufficient funds to pay the nation’s bills, thus endangering the American people and our nation’s economic stability. I however am a genuine “random person” (not a lobbyist or party member) who created a Reaffirmation Pledge to the Constitution that would clarify Norquist’s signers allegiance to the Constitution “to lay taxes to pay the debts.” So far, no Congressmen have signed my pledge. Perhaps I’m too random of a person.

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By: sam

sam — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:13:20 +0000

Norquist is the real Sovereign not the American people. Shame to the puppet GOP politicians who chose to kiss the ring of this 1% bulldog and ignore the hard voices of their electorate.

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By: Barbara Whipple

Barbara Whipple — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:16:26 +0000

Are we ever going to get such a brave congressman (or woman) to actually blow the whistle?

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By: Kelly Stevens

Kelly Stevens — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:37:31 +0000

Money trickles. It is a myth that it only trickles downward. Twenty years ago the wealthy did create jobs according to the traditional model but today they create Chinese jobs. Giving money to workers in the small amounts generated weekly by a tax cut goes immediately into the local economy with a larger percentage spent on staples largely made or grown in the US.

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