Aug 12, 2014: 7News Denver: Grover Norquist meet Burning Man, Burning Man meet Grover Norquist
Ever since I saw this tweet announcing his plans, the news has been rolling around my head: Grover Norquist is going to Burning Man. Grover Norquist is going to Burning Man.
Ever since I saw this tweet announcing his plans, the news has been rolling around my head: Grover Norquist is going to Burning Man. Grover Norquist is going to Burning Man.
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June 26, 2014: Daily Banter: Grover Norquist Calls Shooting Women “Pro Family”
Anti-taxtivist Grover Norquist is backpedaling like a Lance Armstrong sponsor over his apparent Twitter endorsement of murdering women for the crime of infidelity, insisting that his praise for Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe” as “pro-family, pro-2nd amendment” was actually “mockery” of some sort.
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Sept 12, 2013: Cannabis Industry: Americans for Tax Reform Releases White Paper Detailing Needed Changes to Marijuana Business Taxes
Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) president Grover Norquist, and National Cannabis Industry Association executive director Aaron Smith held a press conference today to mark the release of a new white paper from ATR entitled Legal Cannabis Dispensary Taxation: A Textbook Case of Punishing Law-Abiding Businesses Through the Tax Code.
Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) president Grover Norquist, and National Cannabis Industry Association executive director Aaron Smith held a press conference today to mark the release of a new white paper from ATR entitled Legal Cannabis Dispensary Taxation: A Textbook Case of Punishing Law-Abiding Businesses Through the Tax Code.
July 12, 2013: US News & World Report: Happy Cost of Government Day!
Every year, the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer group headed by activist Grover G. Norquist, publishes a Cost of Government Day analysis that determines until what date during the calendar year the average American must work in order to pay for the full costs of government spending and regulation at the federal, state and local levels. For 2013, working people were required to devote 194 days out of the year to working for the government before they begin to work for themselves
Every year, the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer group headed by activist Grover G. Norquist, publishes a Cost of Government Day analysis that determines until what date during the calendar year the average American must work in order to pay for the full costs of government spending and regulation at the federal, state and local levels. For 2013, working people were required to devote 194 days out of the year to working for the government before they begin to work for themselves
July 2, 2013: Newsmax: Grover Norquist to Newsmax: This Is Obama Saying 'My Plan Sucks'
Conservative activist Grover Norquist tells Newsmax that the Obama administration’s decision to delay implementation of the penalty on employers who fail to comply with the requirement to purchase healthcare for their employees amounts to an acknowledgement of failure.
June 2, 2013: Daily Beast: The Fringe Factor: Grover Norquist Is a Muslim?
Grover Norquist is a Muslim, the GOP doesn’t need the Latino vote, and other crackpot theories from our fearless political leaders
Conservative activist Grover Norquist tells Newsmax that the Obama administration’s decision to delay implementation of the penalty on employers who fail to comply with the requirement to purchase healthcare for their employees amounts to an acknowledgement of failure.
June 2, 2013: Daily Beast: The Fringe Factor: Grover Norquist Is a Muslim?
Grover Norquist is a Muslim, the GOP doesn’t need the Latino vote, and other crackpot theories from our fearless political leaders
Apr 12, 2013: CSPAN: Americans For Tax Reform Tax-Day News Conference
Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, introduced GOP Congressional leaders, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, at a pre-tax day press conference on tax code reforms and the President’s FY 2014 Budget Request.
Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, introduced GOP Congressional leaders, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, at a pre-tax day press conference on tax code reforms and the President’s FY 2014 Budget Request.
Apr 10, 2013: Huffington Post: Grover Norquist: Chained CPI Violates Taxpayer Protection Pledge
Members of Congress who have pledged never to raise taxes will be breaking their promise if they support changing how the government measures inflation for Social Security and tax purposes.
Members of Congress who have pledged never to raise taxes will be breaking their promise if they support changing how the government measures inflation for Social Security and tax purposes.
Mar 8, 2013: Patrick Gleason : Americans For Tax Reform: Austin, TX Bag Prohibition Faces Legal Challenge
Open Secrets: Top Organizations Disclosing Donations to Americans for Tax Reform, 2012
This outside spending group (including any affiliate listed) does NOT disclose its donors to the FEC. The donors listed below were NOT reported but discovered by the Center staff by examining the IRS filings of the donating organizations.
This outside spending group (including any affiliate listed) does NOT disclose its donors to the FEC. The donors listed below were NOT reported but discovered by the Center staff by examining the IRS filings of the donating organizations.
Dec 19, 2012: MSNBC: Rather than lose face, Norquist gives in on Boehner’s Plan B
Grover Norquist, president of the anti-tax lobbying group Americans for Tax Reform, softened his previously unyielding stance on raising tax rates Wednesday, when it comes to incomes over $1 million.
Grover Norquist, president of the anti-tax lobbying group Americans for Tax Reform, softened his previously unyielding stance on raising tax rates Wednesday, when it comes to incomes over $1 million.
Nov 26, 2012: ABC News: Norquist’s Tax Pledge: What It Is and How It Started
Known in Republican circles simply as “The Pledge,” the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) Taxpayer Protection Pledge has steered GOP tax policy for decades, applying pressure to any candidate, lawmaker, or president who would raise taxes.
Known in Republican circles simply as “The Pledge,” the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) Taxpayer Protection Pledge has steered GOP tax policy for decades, applying pressure to any candidate, lawmaker, or president who would raise taxes.
Nov 25, 2012: ABC News: GOP Starting to Rebel Against No-Tax-Hikes Pledge
"The only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming Greece. And Republicans should put revenue on the table," South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said on ABC's "This Week."
"The only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming Greece. And Republicans should put revenue on the table," South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said on ABC's "This Week."
Nov 6, 2012: American Enterprise Institute: 4 reasons Americans for Tax Reform’s pledge might be in trouble
The political world is abuzz with talk of Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform’s downfall.
The political world is abuzz with talk of Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform’s downfall.
Oct 30, 2012: Sunlight Foundation: Americans for Tax Reform spends big on House races
The nonprofit group Americans for Tax Reform is flooding several House races with more than $14 million in independent expenditures this month.
The nonprofit group Americans for Tax Reform is flooding several House races with more than $14 million in independent expenditures this month.
Aug 31, 2012: Flash Report: Americans For Tax Reform Opposes SB 1455 – The Massive Car Tax
Americans for Tax Reform is urging California legislators to vote “NO” on Senate Bill 1455, legislation that would impose approximately $2 billion dollars in higher vehicle taxes through one of the most surreptitious legislative maneuvers in the country.
Americans for Tax Reform is urging California legislators to vote “NO” on Senate Bill 1455, legislation that would impose approximately $2 billion dollars in higher vehicle taxes through one of the most surreptitious legislative maneuvers in the country.
Sept 29, 2012: Fox News: Americans For Tax Reform: Top 5 Worst Obamacare Taxes Coming In 2013
Of the twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare, below are the five worst that will be foisted upon Americans for the first time on January 1, 2013
Of the twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare, below are the five worst that will be foisted upon Americans for the first time on January 1, 2013
July 9, 2012: BarackObama.com: The facts behind Americans for Tax Reform’s five claims about Obamacare
The far-right group Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is falsely claiming that Obamacare contains a myriad tax increases on middle-class Americans—and they’re trying to twist five Obamacare policies into proof.
The far-right group Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is falsely claiming that Obamacare contains a myriad tax increases on middle-class Americans—and they’re trying to twist five Obamacare policies into proof.
July 5, 2012: Fox News: Five major ObamaCare taxes that will hit your wallet in 2013
John Kartch is director of communications at Americans for Tax Reform.
John Kartch is director of communications at Americans for Tax Reform.
Oct 20, 2012: PolicyMic: Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform are Unconstitutional and Border on Treason
What about the oath of office they took pledging to uphold and defend the Constitution? If they believe themselves to be incapable of making informed decisions about taxes, they should say so, there are people who can help explain the issues to them. If they look to a lobbyist to tell them how to do their job, and promise to forever do his bidding, perhaps they’re in the wrong place.
What about the oath of office they took pledging to uphold and defend the Constitution? If they believe themselves to be incapable of making informed decisions about taxes, they should say so, there are people who can help explain the issues to them. If they look to a lobbyist to tell them how to do their job, and promise to forever do his bidding, perhaps they’re in the wrong place.
Oct 4, 2012: CREW: CREW Files IRS Complaint Against Americans for Tax Reform and Grover Norquist
Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) called for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate whether Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and its president Grover Norquist violated federal law by filing a tax return that left out more than half the political activity ATR conducted in 2010.
Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) called for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate whether Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and its president Grover Norquist violated federal law by filing a tax return that left out more than half the political activity ATR conducted in 2010.
Mar 14, 2012: Raw Story: CREW asks IRS to investigate Americans for Tax Reform
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the IRS on Wednesday alleging that Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform violated federal tax law.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the IRS on Wednesday alleging that Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform violated federal tax law.
Nov 24, 2011: Rolling Stone: Grover Norquist: The Billionaires' Best Friend
How the anti-tax activist hijacked the GOP on behalf of the rich
How the anti-tax activist hijacked the GOP on behalf of the rich
Apr 26, 2011: Time: Q&A: Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist
Since founding Americans for Tax Reform in the 1980s, Grover Norquist has become one of the conservative movement’s most influential figures.
Since founding Americans for Tax Reform in the 1980s, Grover Norquist has become one of the conservative movement’s most influential figures.
Nov 19. 2010: Tax Policy Center: Americans Against Tax Reform
But the most consistent threat to any revenue-raising tax reform is, ironically, a Americans for Tax Reform. Grover Norquist’s group claims that 235 Congressmen and 41 Senators have signed the “taxpayer protection pledge”—a promise to never under any circumstances raise taxes. Thus, the BPC plan and the Bowles-Simpson plan are off limits.
But the most consistent threat to any revenue-raising tax reform is, ironically, a Americans for Tax Reform. Grover Norquist’s group claims that 235 Congressmen and 41 Senators have signed the “taxpayer protection pledge”—a promise to never under any circumstances raise taxes. Thus, the BPC plan and the Bowles-Simpson plan are off limits.
Aug 4, 2010: Political Correction: Americans For Tax Reform Continues Dishonesty On Taxes
Last week, we highlighted a dishonest post by American for Tax Reform's Ryan Ellis (the group's tax policy director) in which he claimed that President Obama's debt commission was suggesting a tax hike of $26.7 trillion.
Last week, we highlighted a dishonest post by American for Tax Reform's Ryan Ellis (the group's tax policy director) in which he claimed that President Obama's debt commission was suggesting a tax hike of $26.7 trillion.
Jan 4, 2010: American Thinker: Grover Norquist's Jihad
Grover Norquist's ties to Islamic supremacists and jihadists have been known for years.
Grover Norquist's ties to Islamic supremacists and jihadists have been known for years.
Jan/Feb 2004: Mother Jones: Grover Norquist: The Soul of the New Machine
Editors' note: Michael Scherer wrote this profile over half a decade ago, but with America's debt just downgraded—and some blaming the GOP's anti-tax stance—there's never been a better time to read about Grover Norquist, the unquestioned leader of the nation's anti-tax movement.
Editors' note: Michael Scherer wrote this profile over half a decade ago, but with America's debt just downgraded—and some blaming the GOP's anti-tax stance—there's never been a better time to read about Grover Norquist, the unquestioned leader of the nation's anti-tax movement.
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Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is an advocacy group and taxpayer group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today." ATR claims, "The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax. We believe that power should be minimized." The organization is known for its "Taxpayer Protection Pledge", which asks candidates for federal and state office to commit themselves in writing to oppose all tax increases. The founder and president of ATR is Grover Norquist, a conservative tax activist.
- Americans For Tax Reform on Right Wing Watch - Americans For Tax Reform on Source Watch - Americans Fir Tax Reform on Ballotpedia -
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is an advocacy group and taxpayer group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today." ATR claims, "The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax. We believe that power should be minimized." The organization is known for its "Taxpayer Protection Pledge", which asks candidates for federal and state office to commit themselves in writing to oppose all tax increases. The founder and president of ATR is Grover Norquist, a conservative tax activist.
- Americans For Tax Reform on Right Wing Watch - Americans For Tax Reform on Source Watch - Americans Fir Tax Reform on Ballotpedia -
Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is an American political advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases. A libertarian-leaning 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
