What Norquist Wants

Grover Norquist and his Americans For Tax Reform basically have only one principle: low taxes for the rich. One of the myths they spread is that the US is a high tax country. It isn't. True, there are lower tax countries. Pakistan for example. Sierra Leone.

It's not coincidence that these countries are a mess. Their governments lack the resources to organize a modern country - though of course their corruption is a factor as well. Among OECD countries. in typical years only Mexico has a lower tax burden than the US - not coincidentally another country that is having great trouble holding itself together.

These low tax paradises may be hell for the average citizen, but the rich can live high on the hog. Servants work cheap.

Let's say no to the Republicans who want to turn us into Pakistan or Mexico.

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