Norquist To GOP 'Sluts-HaHa-popped your cherry-lost virginity-Now give me $2 trill in tax increases'

[kpete]

Norquist Slams GOPers For Voting To End Ethanol Subsidies: You ‘Popped Your Cherry’ On Tax Hikes

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Norquist (said the vote was) essentially a gateway drug that would inevitably lead to additional (tax) increases down the road. “He said, ‘Ha ha, popped your cherry, lost your virginity. Now give me $2 trillion in tax increases,’” Norquist says. “As soon as they voted, he turned around and called them sluts. Guys like that didn’t get second dates in high school.”

MORE:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/16/247257/grover-norquist-ethanol-cherry/

[dmr]

1. There's something sleazy about a legislator signing a pledge to a SIG.

Their oath is to the Constitution & American citizens; not to Norquist or the tea party.

Coburn had his own harsh words for Norquist, saying the vote was a clear rebuke of the ATR head:

“That’s 34 Republicans who are willing to say this is more important than a signed pledge to ATR,” he told reporters after the vote. “I think you all think has a whole lot more hold than I think he has.” Then, in a follow up statement, he added: “Taxpayers should be encouraged that Republican senators overwhelmingly rejected the ludicrous argument that eliminating tax earmarks is a tax increase.”

[HawkerHurricane]

2. So, ending subsidies is the same thing as increasing taxes?

I can work with this.

"You cut Social Security, that's the same thing as raising taxes!"
"You cut Medicare, that's the same thing as raising taxes!"
"You cut food stamps/Aid for children/school lunches, that's the same thing as raising taxes!"