Reply #8: the passage of this

[UpInArms]

abomination was what Norquist wanted - it will bankrupt the social security nets and the government all that much quicker.

That is truly his goal.

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9326

About Grover Norquist:

Grover Norquist is also on the boards of the National Rifle Association of America and the American Conservative Union.

Norquist forged an early alliance with President Bush, traveling to Austin, Texas to meet with then-Governor Bush and his political advisor Karl Rove right after Bush's 1998 reelection. Norquist threw the full force of his influence behind the Bush campaign, playing a key role in defeating Sen. John McCain in the South Carolina primaries.

Norquist was a campaign staffer on the 1988, 1992, 1996 Republican
Platform Committees and executive director of both the National Taxpayers' Union and the College Republicans.

Norquist writes the monthly politics column for the American Enterprise Institute magazine and used to write a monthly column for the American Spectator.

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“My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.”

“I want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want to reduce the number of people depending on government so there is more autonomy and more free citizens.”