{"id":5506,"date":"2011-11-11T15:19:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T21:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2011-11-11T15:19:50","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T21:19:50","slug":"no-more-no-more-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/11\/no-more-no-more-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"No More No More Taxes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Republican House members are increasingly separating themselves from Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform, the interest group he leads. Specifically they\u2019re disconnecting from ATR\u2019s pledge to oppose any tax increase, The Hill reports.<\/p>\n<p>While some congressmen signed the pledge recently, others did so years ago. Norquist began the pledge in 1986. ATR cites 238 House signers of its Taxpayer Protection Pledge, but several House Republicans accuse the group of being underhanded about it and want to remove their names from the list.<\/p>\n<p>On its Internet display of the pledge\u2019s signers, which includes all but six House Republicans, Americans for Tax Reform includes several congressmen who say they refused to sign it in last year\u2019s election campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t signed it since 1994,\u201d Rep. Steven LaTourette<\/p>\n<p>Read more on Newsmax.com: House GOP To Norquist: Our Tax Pledge Expired<br \/>\nImportant: Do You Support Pres. Obama&#8217;s Re-Election? Vote Here Now!&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/InsideCover\/norquist-tax-pledge-gop\/2011\/11\/09\/id\/417423\">Continued&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican House members are increasingly separating themselves from Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform, the interest group he leads. Specifically they\u2019re disconnecting from ATR\u2019s pledge to oppose any tax increase, The Hill reports. While some congressmen signed the pledge recently, others did so years ago. Norquist began the pledge in 1986. ATR cites 238 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/11\/no-more-no-more-taxes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No More No More Taxes?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1qO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}