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Politico.com - Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist fired back at Sen. John Kerry Monday, charging that it’s Democrats not Republicans who are standing in the way of a supercommittee deal. “[Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid, the leader of the Democratic Party, wants to raise taxes to spend more money. I think Sen. Kerry was actually trying to come up with a solution that would work, but Reid wouldn’t let him do that,” Norquist said on Fox News. Norquist said the Republican Party won’t be “fooled” into raising taxes again. Democrats are hoping for a repeat of 1982 and 1990 “when they tricked Republicans into tax increases [by] promising them phony spending restraints. Republicans are not going to walk into that room again … they’re not going to be fooled to raise taxes in return for promises of spending restraint,” he added.
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Grover Norquist: Don’t blame me
From the Politico.com - Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist fired back at Sen. John Kerry Monday, charging that it’s Democrats not Republicans who are standing in the way of a supercommittee deal. “[Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid, the leader of the Democratic Party, wants to raise taxes to spend more money. I think Sen. Kerry was actually trying to come up with a solution that would work, but Reid wouldn’t let him do that,” Norquist said on Fox News. Norquist said the Republican Party won’t be “fooled” into raising taxes again. Democrats are hoping for a repeat of 1982 and 1990 “when they tricked Republicans into tax increases [by] promising them phony spending restraints. Republicans are not going to walk into that room again … they’re not going to be fooled to raise taxes in return for promises of spending restraint,” he added. Read more
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