About this episode

Jordan interviews Grover Norquist about the impact of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge on American politics and how voters can hold politicians accountable to their no new taxes commitments.

This week, Jordan is joined by Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform and the man behind the original Taxpayer Protection Pledge, to talk about how a simple promise not to raise taxes became one of the most powerful forces in American conservative politics. With both National and ACT campaigning on no new taxes, Grover explains how voters can turn a slogan into a commitment politicians are afraid to break. From George H.W. Bush’s “read my lips” lesson to fiscal drag, levies, tar...

People in this episode

Host: Jordan

Guest: Grover Norquist

Topics covered

• tax policy
• political commitments
• conservative politics
• voter influence
• taxpayer protection

Keywords

• taxes
• politics
• Grover Norquist
• Taxpayer Protection Pledge
• voter accountability
• conservative movement
• National
• ACT

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Americans for Tax Reform, National, ACT

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