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Taxpayer Talk: Grover Norquist on No New Taxes and holding politicians to it
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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, tariffs, and the fight to keep governments away from new revenue, Grover looks at what New Zealand’s centre-right can learn from four decades of taxpayer campaigning in the United States.