Grover Norquist

Founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, a taxpayer advocacy organization he founded in 1985. Norquist is a prominent conservative advocate focused on tax reform, limiting government spending, and opposition to tax increases.

Tax Pledges Aim to Prevent Deficit Deals From Raising Revenue

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, argues that federal deficits are a spending problem, not a case for higher taxes. He says tax-and-spending bargains repeatedly deliver permanent revenue increases while promised cuts disappear, making written anti-tax pledges a necessary constraint on lawmakers. His program pairs resistance to new federal revenue with lower taxes on investment, while relying on state spending caps and phased tax cuts to limit government growth.

Hoover InstitutionJul 24, 202612 min read