Norquist: No room for GOP tax compromise
For Grover Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, the latest rebellion began last week in the South, by way of friendly fire.
"I care more about my country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge," Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Georgia, told Macon station WMAZ. "If we do it his way, then we'll continue in debt, and I just have a disagreement with him about that."
The next shot came from South Carolina's Sen. Lindsey Graham: "I think Grover is wrong when it comes to we can't cap deductions and buy down debt....I will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country."
More Republican salvos followed. Rep. Peter King of New York said the hard line on revenue was based on outdated thinking: "A pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago, is for that Congress" - not an entire congressional career.
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Post by: Rebecca Sinderbrand, Wolf Blitzer Filed under: Economy • Fiscal Cliff • Taxes |
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If there is no room for tax compromise, then this means Grover and his loyal followers are ready to pull a Thelma and Louise on the country come Dec. 31. Good thinking!