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Norquist: Backstage, an outsized role.
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As the political season heats up, few nonpoliticians wield as much ideological impact on the process as Grover Norquist (MBA 1981). For two decades, Norquist’s organization, Americans for Tax Reform, has persuaded Republican officeholders and candidates to pledge never to raise taxes, even as budget deficits soar. According to the Financial Times (November 21, 2011), Norquist believes the pledge makes Republicans more credible with their constituents. “The pledge is useful,” Norquist said. “I have not spent 20 years of my life being silly. For 3,000 years, emperors have been lying, saying, ‘I will not take over your land, and I will not raise taxes.’ So write it down. Have a witness and put it on the web and keep it there.”
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