June 04, 2006
Bush II; Day 562: How does Dubya piss off Grover Norquist?
He has to work really hard, but Dubya found a way to piss of even his right-wing fanboy Grover Norquist, president of the Americans for Tax Reform. By raising taxes on teenagers saving for college. Of course, no one at Norquist's organization "noticed" the provision raising taxation rates on teenagers investment income until it was pointed out by some no-doubt-liberal-and-therefore-biased reporter.
But once it was pointed out to him, he kinda had no choice but to acknowledge it was "a technical violation of the pledge" and noted that his group opposes all retroactive tax increases. The story concludes with "He pledged to immediately begin a campaign to have the tax increases rescinded."
Why am I getting deja vu over this story? And especially when I read this pledge that candidate Bush made to Norquist in a letter: "If elected president, I will oppose and veto any increase in individual or corporate marginal income tax rates or individual or corporate income tax hikes."
Say it with me now: "Read my lips, no new taxes." Yes, that was it.
Posted by elisa at June 4, 2006 01:42 PM | Jobs/Economy/Taxes







