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From USA TODAY
Tax hikers are relics of past
By Grover Norquist
A century ago, the Republicans and Democrats were regional parties — you were as likely to have a Northern Republican raise your taxes as a Southern Democrat. But during the past 20 years at the national level, the two parties have sorted themselves out, no longer divided North vs. South, but rather on the question of whether the individual should have more or less control over his or her life. And taxes are the central measure of how much of your life you control.
Today, at the national level, 212 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, 42 Republican senators and one Republican president have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge against any tax increase. No Republican in Congress has voted for a tax hike since 1990. And, in the past three years, a Republican House, Senate and president have cut taxes three times... more
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