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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 02:25 PM Apr 2013

Grover Norquist accosted on street

The prominent anti-tax lobbyist was chatting with reporters on New Jersey Avenue a few blocks from the Capitol on Monday when a man walking by spotted him and gave him a piece of his mind.


“Scum,” the man said within earshot of Norquist as he walked next to a woman. Norquist didn’t respond, and the man, without breaking stride, added: “We need more taxes!”
Norquist, who had just finished speaking at an immigration event, heard that part and shouted back, “Good, then pay them, you little hypocrite!” The man, dressed in casual work clothes, was already about 20 feet away, and the moment passed.
“I always get a kick out of these guys,” he told the reporters. “Everyone says we should pay higher taxes. Write a check if you want! Don’t bother me.”


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Grover Norquist accosted on street (Original Post) octoberlib Apr 2013 OP
That's insulting to scum! MotherPetrie Apr 2013 #1
I know , right? octoberlib Apr 2013 #2
doesn't sound like he was "accosted" G_j Apr 2013 #3
Damn it false advertisement Drale Apr 2013 #4
Me too. n/t Hotler Apr 2013 #5
The guy could've at least thrown a shoe at him or something deutsey Apr 2013 #6
or a claw foot bath tub filled with piss Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #7
You can't "write a check", STUPID. It doesn't work that way. HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #8
Right, Grover..... Demoiselle Apr 2013 #9

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
2. I know , right?
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 02:30 PM
Apr 2013

"Everyone says we need more taxes". Americans aren't as stupid as Grover thinks they are.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
8. You can't "write a check", STUPID. It doesn't work that way.
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 03:02 PM
Apr 2013

The Most Important Yard Gnome in History should know if taxes were voluntary, we'd be Somalia. Or maybe he doesn't know.

Yet more horseshit from "Taxation is Theft at Gunpoint"-spouting Libertarians. Something about being part of a non-aggression, non-intrusion agenda, I think? Or "Legislating Compassion" is the same as "Redistribution".

Either way, benevolence towards the wealthy and letting them off the hook for billions upon billions hasn't yielded much in the way of workers receiving long-overdue productivity gains.

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)
9. Right, Grover.....
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 03:20 PM
Apr 2013

That man probably pays a higher portion of his income in taxes than you do!
Arrogant Asshole.
(I feel a little better now.)

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