Government Shutdown Blame Game “I’m not in favor of abolishing the government. I just want to shrink it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.” —Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, and promoter of the “Taxpayer Protection Pledge.” [Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross...Read More
. . . . Without Voting to Raise Taxes The most credible theory I’ve heard/read so far (I don’t remember the source) has it that Republicans who’ve all taken the Grover Norquist “no new taxes” pledge don’t dare cross him. The alternative? Go over the fiscal cliff — which automatically raises taxes — then vote...Read More
