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Slen, Peter - Host
WHO'S BEEN IN THE NEWS AND ON THE NEWS LATELY IS ON YOUR SCREEN NOW, GROVER NORQUIST, PRESIDENT OF AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM. MR. NORQUIST, MAKE YOUR...
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Norquist, Grover - President
PRESIDENT OBAMA EXTENDED ALL OF THE TAX CUTS THAT LAPSE DEGENERATE. HE DID SO BECAUSE HE SAID THE ECONOMY WAS WEAK AND RAISING TAXES ORDERED. THE ECONOMY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THIS NEW PRESS RELEASE ON THE INTERNET. CANADA AND MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES FACE HIGH MEDICAL BILLS TAX UNDER OBAMACARE, IT SAYS. HERE'S THE PLEDGE YOU HAVE...
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Norquist, Grover - President
PLEDGE'S FOCUS IS ON THE TAX ISSUE. UNTIL YOU SAY NO TO TAX INCREASES, HISTORICALLY, POLITICIANS NEVER LOOK FOR SPENDING RESTRAINT. IN 1982 THEY SAID...
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Slen, Peter - Host
CALL, JOE IN GEORGIA, REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
PETER, I THINK GROVER NORQUIST IS THE GREATEST TAXPAYER CHAMPION IN HISTORY. WE LOVE HIM IN GEORGIA. WE TOTALLY AGREE WITH HIM. WE THINK THE ANSWER IS...
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Norquist, Grover - President
YOU. VERY KIND COMMENTS. ALL THE REPUBLICANS IN GEORGIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN STALWARTS IN OPPOSING TAX INCREASES. NEITHER OF THE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
ARE YOU IN CONTACT NOW WITH THE SPEAKER? GUEST: I WORK WITH
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Norquist, Grover - President
ALL THE LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. THAT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. ALWAYS IN TOUCH AND TRYING TO BE HELPFUL. THEY'RE ALL PRETTY GOOD ON...
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Slen, Peter - Host
VIRGINIA, PHIL, DEMOCRAT.
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CALLER: HI. I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT REAGAN GOT SPENDING CUTS. LET ME GO TO MY MAIN COMMENTS. I HAVE HEARD INCREASES...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: LET'S GET A RESPONSE. GUEST: THERE ARE
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Norquist, Grover - President
SEVERAL APPROACHES. THERE'S THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX. MANY SMALL BUSINESSES PAY THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX. IT IS SUBCHAPTER S CORPORATIONS. OBAMA PLANS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
AN INDEPENDENT IN GEORGIA, AL. IF I WOULD PUSH THE RIGHT BUTTON. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AL, GOOD MORNING.
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ON C- SPAN, I MANAGED TO GET THROUGH. IT WAS ON THE HEELS OF YOU GOING TO ATLANTA AND TO CHASTISING THE ...
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Norquist, Grover - President
HOW DID GEORGE A VOTE ON THAT? CALLER: 9 BEGINS
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OUT OF 12 VOTED IT DOWN. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONE THAT I AM IN VOTED IT IN ON THE HEELS OF SUPPORT BY REPUBLICANS. THAT'S WHY I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH...
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Norquist, Grover - President
VOTE AGAINST THAT TAX INCREASE, BECAUSE I KNEW THEY WOULD SPEND MONEY ON [INDISCERNIBLE]. CALLER: THE GUY ON
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CALLER, -
BEFORE ME CALL YOUR CARPETBAGGER.
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Norquist, Grover - President
GUEST: I'M FROM BOSTON. HOST: ONCE THE BONE
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Slen, Peter - Host
YOU WANT TO PICK? CALLER:
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IN THE 12TH DISTRICT WE HAD A GUY WHO VOTED FOR THAT TAX INCREASE AND VOTED FOR THE HOSPITAL BED TAX, IN THE LEGISLATURE. HE GOT AN AIDE% REPUBLICAN...
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Norquist, Grover - President
YOU GET STUCK WITH? CALLER: OUR REGION WAS
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ONE OF THE THREE THAT VOTED FOR IT. GUEST: ANDERSON
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| 00:12:03 |
Norquist, Grover - President
HAD THE TAX INCREASE. REPUBLICANS TO RAISE TAXES AS YOUNG POLITICIANS HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE FACT THAT IT GOES ON WITH THEM THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AND...
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Slen, Peter - Host
NORQUIST GOT HIS DEGREE FROM HARVARD. YOU ALREADY HAVE THE PROTECTION PLEDGE FOR THE 113 CONGRESS, THE INCOMING CONGRESS NEXT YEAR. 219 REPRESENTATIVES...
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Norquist, Grover - President
SAXBY CHAMBLISS HAS NOT VOTED FOR A TAX INCREASE, TO BE FAIR. YOU CAN CRITICIZE HIM FOR PUBLIC MISSTATING THE IMPURE THOUGHTS, AND HE HAS NOT VOTED FOR...
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Slen, Peter - Host
COBURN, HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY RECENTLY -- GUEST: TOM COBURN SAID THE
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Norquist, Grover - President
EXACT SAME THING TWO YEARS AGO. WE HAVE LONG CONVERSATION, PHONE. HE SAID WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO $0.50 TRILLION SPENDING RESTRAINT -- $2.50 TRILLION....
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: IN RAWLINS, ON OUR REPUBLICAN LINE, A GO-AHEAD, EUSTICE. CALLER: THIS IS
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A CAPITALIST COUNTRY. TAXES ARE NEVER GOING DOWN. THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE, A LOWER CLASS, IT SEEMS THE REPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTING FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
FROM STEVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. GUEST: WHEN YOU WERE
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Norquist, Grover - President
TALKING ABOUT OBAMACARE, AND YOU NEED NOT TO READ THE PRESS RELEASES THAT OBAMA PUTS OUT ABOUT WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO. YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
MADISON, WISCONSIN, A DEMOCRAT, JOLINE.
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I CALLED TO THANK YOU AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR CAUSING THE PEOPLE TO RISE UP AND VOTE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE...
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Norquist, Grover - President
GUEST: OK. REGIS HAD AN ELECTION AND A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTED -- WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION. THEY VOTED TWICE FOR THE RYAN PLAN WHICH REDUCES OBAMA'S DEBT....
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Slen, Peter - Host
FLORIDA. CALLER: GOOD
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MORNING. YOU ARE A POPULAR AND YOU CAN TALK TO JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY. THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET'S SOUGHT A BOOK -- PUTS OUT A BOOK. WE COULD...
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Slen, Peter - Host
OF VIEW. GUEST: SEVERAL GOOD
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Norquist, Grover - President
POINTS. THERE IS A LIST OF SPENDING RESTRAINTS. IN NUMBER OF LISTS -- HERITAGE -- AND AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM HAS PUT TOGETHER A LIST ON A NUMBER OF...
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| 00:30:22 |
Slen, Peter - Host
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. IT JIM DEMINT WAS ON CBS THIS MORNING AND THIS IS A QUOTATION . GUEST: HE IS POINTING
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Norquist, Grover - President
OUT THAT OBAMA APPEARS TO BE PUSHING US OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF AND THAT TAXES WILL BE INCREASED AUTOMATICALLY FOR OBAMACARE. OBAMA PROMISED HE WOULD...
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Slen, Peter - Host
JERSEY. CALLER: I HAVE A COUPLE
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OF COMMENTS. MERRY CHRISTMAS. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO PEOPLE. WE IN NEW JERSEY -- YOU NEED TO EXPOSE THESE PEOPLE LIKE AMY KLOBUCHAR...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IT THERE. GUEST:
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Norquist, Grover - President
THANK YOU. IT IS FEDERAL TAXES AND STATE TAXES AND LOCAL TAXES. HOST: DO YOU KNEW PETER
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Slen, Peter - Host
FROM THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AT STANFORD? GUEST: I AM SURE I
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Norquist, Grover - President
DO. HOST: HE IS WRITING
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Slen, Peter - Host
THIS THIS MORNING IN "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL." GUEST: THERE
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Norquist, Grover - President
ALWAYS SOME CONSERVATIVES THAT ARGUE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT. I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU CAN HAVE A GOVERNMENT DECIDES THAT WE HAVE AND NOT SQUEEZE PEOPLE LIKE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
GROVER NORQUIST IS PRESIDENT FOR AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM, ATR.ORG, IF YOU LIKE TO READ HIS PLEDGE. GUEST: AND THE OBAMACARE
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Norquist, Grover - President
TAX ES. HOST: THANK YOU FOR
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Slen, Peter - Host
BEING ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." WE WILL CONTINUE LOOK AT THE SO- CALLED FISCAL CLIFF WITH MARY AGNES CAREY OF KAISER HEALTH NEWS AND LOOK AT THE IMPACT...
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CAROLINA REPUBLICAN JIM DEMINT PREDICTS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL WIN THE BATTLE OVER RAISING TAXES. "THE PROPOSAL IS NOT A PLAN OR A SOLUTION." SENATOR...
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