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tabatha

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Wed Mar 7, 2012, 12:36 PM Mar 2012

Patriotic Millionaires To Grover Norquist: 'Move To Somalia'

WASHINGTON -- Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength, millionaires who want the government to tax them more, met with foremost anti-tax guru Grover Norquist in Washington late Wednesday afternoon. Not surprisingly, they couldn't find common ground -- and ended up debating the state of Somalia.

Patriotic Millionaires, a group of 200-plus people making more than $1 million per year (including actress Edie Falco and economist Nouriel Roubini, among others), believe that America has been good to them and that it is their duty to give back. "[The government] provided a foundation through which we could succeed," writes the group on their website. "Now, we want to do our part to keep that foundation strong so that others can succeed as we have."

In an interview with The Huffington Post, Norquist felt the group only represented liberal interests.

"They were there with a heavy partisan message," Norquist told HuffPost Thursday. "The kinds of arguments I got from these old people weren't interesting when I was 12, the left has not advanced. These guys are Democratic Party hacks."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/17/patriotic-millionaires-grover-norquist-somalia_n_1098473.html?ref=tw

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Patriotic Millionaires To Grover Norquist: 'Move To Somalia' (Original Post) tabatha Mar 2012 OP
Haiti is closer xxqqqzme Mar 2012 #1
that's because basic math hasn't changed since you were 12, you stupid fucking douche. Schema Thing Mar 2012 #2
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