Grover Norquist Quotes
Americans can and do vote with their feet against high levels of government spending and high income, property and sales taxes by moving from one state to another. But no one should have to leave the United States to find greater economic and personal liberty.
From the earliest days of the nation a very few people have left the country for reasons which range from seeking more economic freedom (less or no taxes or regulation) or personal liberty (being drafted for a war to which they disapproved and didn’t want to fight in or escaping government invading their privacy). However, while there are countries which on one or two issues may be to some people’s thinking better than the United States, a tiny few have left America while millions pour in—legally and illegally—to have what the overwhelming number of people in the world is one of the greatest places to live in the history of the world. See Cambell’s counter to Norquist: {634644}.
Grover Norquist, Founder, Americans for Tax Reform, Executive Director, National Taxpayers Union, Republican Strategist “Are Taxes Too Damn High?”, Foreign Affairs, November / December 2012, ]
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- Born: October 19, 1956
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Political
Grover Glenn Norquist is an American political activist and tax reduction advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases. A Republican, he is the primary promoter of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a pledge signed by lawmakers who agree to oppose increases in marginal income tax rates for individuals and businesses, as well as net reductions or eliminations of deductions and credits without a matching reduced tax rate. Prior to the November 2012 election, the pledge was signed by 95% of all Republican members of Congress and all but one of the candidates running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
