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“Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to Republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected.”

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Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist is an American political activist known for his advocacy of small government, low taxes, and free-market policies. Born in October 1956, he is the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization dedicated to limiting government spending and taxes. more

“Obama wants to take the individual small business tax to 44 percent, and the corporate rate - he says - down to 28 percent or whatever. But that really damages the small businesses. And it doesn't make us competitive. You got to take them both down to 20, because state and local corporate taxes are 5 percent.”

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Author:Grover Norquist

“The question is: How do we reduce spending from 25% of GDP, which is where Obama put us? The focus is on total government spending. Can we bring it down, in a reasonable and politically acceptable way? That's what the Paul Ryan plan does. It puts us on a gradual reform path to reducing the size of government.”

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Author:Grover Norquist

“Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.”

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Author:Xavier Becerra

“The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist has power.' No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue.”

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Author:Grover Norquist