Americans for Tax Reform

Alan Simpson Lashes Out At GOP 'Madness'

Posted 05.27.2012

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Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) lashed out at members of his party on Sunday, slamming them for their unwillingness to compromise on proposed tax in...

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Get Oil, Gas and Coal Off Welfare

Jigar Shah | Posted 05.09.2012

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Jigar Shah

For this election, let's acknowledge that environmental concerns are not moving the electoral needle -- natural gas will probably not be adequately regulated until the industry destroys an acquifer. And maybe not even then.

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In Frum's Patriots, Grover Norquist's Myth is Rick Perry's Reality

Jason Stanford | Posted 05.08.2012

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Jason Stanford

If Rick Perry didn't exist, we would have to invent him. Luckily, David Frum did so in his new novel, Patriots.

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WATCH: Grover Norquist Admits Scandalous Affair?

Posted 01.12.2012

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"I engaged in a week-long, drug-fueled orgy with corporate income taxes." It doesn't get any more cut and dried -- or shocking -- than that. Fou...

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Why Lindsay Lohan Landed On Grover's 'Naughty' List

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.27.2011

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Grover Norquist targeted actress Lindsay Lohan for "costing all taxpayers so much money" on Americans For Tax Reform's annual "Naughty and Nice List."...

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'Nonprofit' Means Personal Wealth For CEOs

The Huffington Post | Max Rosenthal | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The chief executives of major companies are frequently blasted for their massive salaries, but new reports show that the heads of the na...

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Christina Wilkie

Grover Norquist's 'Naughty Or Nice' List

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 12.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist likes to play down how much power he personally wields over Republican members of Congress via his "no...

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Norquist -- Rats in the Belfry

Alan Siegel | Posted 02.08.2012

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Alan Siegel

The problem with Norquist's brand definition is that it portrays the Republican Party as a "brand" that is strangled with the inability to compromise and effectively address the critical issues facing the country.

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The NRA's Biggest Gun: Grover Norquist and the Decline of (True) Freedom

Josh Horwitz | Posted 01.22.2012

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Josh Horwitz

From suppressing the democratic aspirations of millions of Africans to helping corporations fleece taxpayers to pushing worker/employer relations back to the Gilded Age, Norquist has proven by his actions that his brand of "freedom" is every bit as tainted as the NRA's.

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Lucia Graves

'Move To Somalia, Grover Norquist': Patriotic Millionaires

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength, millionaires who want the government to tax them more, met with foremost anti-tax guru Grove...

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GOP Finds Leeway in Grover Norquist's Tax Pledge

Roll Call | Steven T. Dennis | Posted 11.15.2011

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Can Republicans agree to more tax revenue without violating Grover Norquist's no-tax-hike pledge? The surprising answer: Maybe....

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'There's Not Going To Be A Tax Increase'

The Hill | Bernie Becker | Posted 01.11.2012

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Grover Norquist isn't worried about a GOP supercomittee proposal on taxes because he thinks Democrats want the panel to fail to reach a deal. ...

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Top Anti-Tax Republican Slams Cain's '999' Plan

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.18.2011

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Grover Norquist, president of the conservative Americans for Tax Reform, said on ABC's "Top Line" on Monday that Republican presidential candidate Her...

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Grover Norquist - Standing on Principle

Lanny Davis | Posted 12.05.2011

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Lanny Davis

I like and respect Grover Norquist. Despite the many matters on which I disagree with him, I respect his consistent, deeply held belief in limited gov...

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GOP Rep Blasts Grover Norquist: 'Ideological Purity Is Paralyzing Congress'

Posted 12.04.2011

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This post has been updated. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) launched a verbal assault on unconventional targets Tuesday, taking aim at Grover Norquist and ...

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How The Tax System Became 'Complex' And 'Often Arbitrary'

The Wall Street Journal | JOHN STEELE GORDON | Posted 11.27.2011

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Whether the "millionaires and billionaires" are actually paying their fair share of taxes is a matter for the electorate to decide. After all, fairnes...

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Bartlett: I'd Rather Be An Unlucky Ducky

The New York Times | Bruce Bartlett | Posted 11.27.2011

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During Thursday’s Fox News debate among Republican presidential candidates, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota was asked how much money pe...

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The SuperCongress Dilemma: Warren Buffett v. Grover Norquist

Ryan Clayton | Posted 10.17.2011

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Ryan Clayton

If you had to choose between the advice of successful investor Warren Buffett or political hack Grover Norquist on how to fix our nation's fiscal ills, who would you trust?

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Republican Rift: Big Business vs. Tea Party

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.09.2011

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Peter Dreier

The tension between the two wings of the GOP rose to the surface during the recent battle over the debt ceiling, which then exploded into a war of words between former Republican Senator Alan Simpson and Grover Norquist, head of the right-wing outfit, Americans for Tax Reform.

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Time for a Pledge of our Own

R.W. Sanders | Posted 09.24.2011

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R.W. Sanders

Maybe it is time for a pledge of our own. A pledge to vote out every incumbent in Washington. In other words, if you hold office now, we will vote against you.

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Grover Norquist's Office Evacuated After Bomb Threat

Posted 09.24.2011

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The offices of Americans for Tax Reform, the anti-tax group run by conservative activist Grover Norquist, were evacuated Monday morning after a bomb t...

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Elise Foley

Grover Norquist Clarifies Anti-Tax Increase Position

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Voting to end the Bush tax cuts would be considered a tax hike and a violation of a pledge to Americans for Tax Reform, organization pre...

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Grover Norquist: Debt Default 'Experiment' Would Be 'Unhelpful'

National Memo | Posted 09.21.2011

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Norquist went on to say that “a ‘shutdown’ or ‘default’ or ‘wobbly walk around the rim of default’ would be, as my mother would say, ‘...

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Elise Foley

Grover Norquist: Ending Bush Tax Cuts Not A Tax Hike

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.20.2011

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This article has been updated. WASHINGTON -- Ending the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy would not be a tax hike, according to Grover Norquist, th...

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Not Grover: Who's the Progressive Counterpart to Norquist?

Joseph J. Thorndike | Posted 09.18.2011

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Joseph J. Thorndike

Norquist's unparalleled influence stems from his role as enforcer. Armed with his (in)famous anti-tax pledge, he's the undisputed master of political arm-twisting. No one on the left plays that sort of role.

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