Grover Norquist Calls Out Republicans For Not Taking Credit For Economic Recovery

[babylonsister]

I do believe this was predicted...


Sam Stein
Arthur Delaney
Grover Norquist Calls Out Republicans For Not Taking Credit For Economic Recovery
Posted: 12/30/2014 2:45 pm EST Updated: 12/30/2014 3:59 pm EST


WASHINGTON -- Grover Norquist would like Republicans to shut up about how bad the economy is, and instead take credit for the recovery.

The prominent anti-tax crusader hasn't turned into a bullhorn for President Barack Obama's economic policies; he still thinks they're a drag on jobs and wages. But he's also grown critical of his fellow Republicans for making poor strategic and messaging decisions on several key issues. Rather than tying the economic recovery to spending cuts ushered in by the sequester and to the continuation of 85 percent of the Bush tax cuts, he said, some in the party have insisted their own leaders fumbled those items.

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“He gave us what we asked for on spending," Norquist said of the president. "Would we like more? Yes. Did we get more than we got under Bush? Yes. Because we broke the appropriators and Bush was never able to.”

Norquist's case for why conservative philosophy is behind the economic recovery has its detractors on both political and substantive grounds.

"Deficit reduction in and of itself is not a conservative economic policy. Spending-cut-only deficit reduction is," said White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer during a taping last week for The Huffington Post's Drinking & Talking. Pfeiffer's comments came before Norquist made the case for Republicans to take ownership of the recovery, but they addressed the same general theory.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/30/grover-norquist-economy_n_6396682.html

[hollysmom]

1. hey, grover

Next bridge that collapses - be on it.


30 or so years ago, I drove over a bridge and after I got across it, there was a toll booth and parkway office, I wa so shaken up after I drove over that bridge, I stopped and went into the office to tell them that I thought the bridge was about to collapse, there was a strange movement and a weird sound, I had no idea what it meant, but felt that the bridge almost collapsed. The woman I talked to told me, lots of people say that, don't worry, it was fine, a few days later that bridge collapsed and killed a bunch of people I told them if a lot of people were saying that, did they check it out. They said it had it's annual inspection and was fine - yeah, real fine. That was the bridge that was being held in place by 2 pins - after the collapse they had to replace all bridges designed like that because you could not see the pin. So long ago and I remember clear as day. Those who don't do the job or fund the job should die by those errors, not your run of the mill person.

[rurallib]

2. you have to wonder how the Onion stays in business

with clowns like Norquist delivering laughers like that for free

[B Calm]

3. Jesus. . .

[VanillaRhapsody]

4. called it!

The day after the midterms I predicted that the R's would start claiming the recovery!

[spanone]

5. adjust your meds grover

[NV Whino]

6. Thanks for my morning laugh.

[Scuba]

7. Who? Did he used to be somebody?

[Thinkingabout]

8. As soon as the Republicans takes credit for the spending in the Bush Administration, useless war

And the financial crash because of their dumb bills enacted then we can discuss the recovery. Grover was responsible for keeping taxes too damn low to pay the bills so why would anyone listen to him.

[Dirty Socialist]

12. Excellent post

Grover's memory is definitely in a Randian fog.

[JaneyVee]

9. Conservatism is a mental disorder.

[kentuck]

10. Usually a Party would wait until they are in control..

...before they start taking credit for any good things that might be happening? Repubs haven't even been sworn in yet.

Reminds me of how Newt and the Repubs took credit for deficit reduction in the 90's, even though not one Republican voted for the Clinton plan.

[B Calm]

11. The democrats ran away from it in the last election, so can you blame the republicans

for wanting credit?

[Rolo]

13. Is he actually admitting to a recovery?

We must be better off than I thought if they can no longer deny it.

The economy has begun to recover in spite of the GOP

[jwirr]

14. You would think that people would ignore him considering how stupid he thinks they are. But

then he is not talking to the little voter - just the bigwigs.