The congressional deficit supercommittee is at risk of deadlocking over taxes. And for that, you can largely blame (or thank, depending) Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist and his very effective anti-tax pledge. Here, the roots of Norquist’s ideas and style.
Photographs: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Norquist); Tim Sloan/AFP Photo/Getty Images (Norquist Beard); Danny Kim/New York Magazine (AXE)
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