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Grover Norquist

mikepegg44mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
edited November 2012 in A Moving Train
Norquist, a long-time anti-tax crusader in Washington, said in a talk at the Center for The National Interest that Republicans should not be pushing for increased spending on defense when the national deficit has ballooned. Instead, he said, lawmakers should embrace the need to balance the budget and cut wasteful projects, which he said could be done without negatively impacting national security.

“You need to decide what your real defense needs are,” said Norquist. “That doesn’t mean chairmen of certain committees get to build bases in their states. That’s not a defense need ... [but] a political desire.” The debate so far, he said, has been marked by a lack of “serious conversation” on the Hill. However, he predicted that many of the Republicans unwilling to cut defense spending would either retire or be replaced in the November elections.
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationwor ... ry-budget/

I am glad to see this. Hopefully he has as much pull in this arena as people give him credit for in the tax policy arena...
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    mikepegg44 wrote:
    I am glad to see this. Hopefully he has as much pull in this arena as people give him credit for in the tax policy arena...

    which is what? ... none!? ... :)
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    :corn:
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,306
    norquist is on his way to irrelevance with his stupid pledge so i guess he has to take a more moderate approach to cutting spending. his influence is waning so i don't see him having much success. the military budget and projects will not be cut as much as it needs to be.
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,938
    For at least a year or so I thought this guy was a black weatherman who was on Good Morning America or something like that, who happened to also be an extreme right wing guy.

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