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12-25-2012, 07:38 PM
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With Republicans preparing to cave on White House demands to raise taxes, GOP House leaders have adjusted their focus to the other side of the government balance sheet, and demanding specific and substantial budget cuts be included in any fiscal cliff deal.
The shift represents a broader sea-change in the Republican Party, as conservative ideology moves gradually away from the anti-tax dogma codified by Grover Norquist to an emphasis on reducing government spending and cutting the national debt.
At the center of this change is Jonathan Bydlak, a 29-year-old Princeton graduate who wants to do for the issue of deficit reduction what Grover Norquist has done for taxes.
A relative political outsider — he worked for a hedge fund before getting his start in politics as fundraising director for Ron Paul's 2008 campaign — Bydlak is the head of the Coalition to Reduce Spending, a new organization modeled after Grover Norquist's Americans For Tax Reform.
Backed by celebrity investor Peter Schiff, the Coalition asks federal lawmakers to sign an ATR-style pledge to reject any increases in federal borrowing and vote only for balanced budget amendments. So far, the pledge has 24 signatories, including Texas Senator-elect Ted Cruz, a rising star in the GOP.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/this-29-year-old-conservative-operative-wants-to-be-the-next-grover-norquist--but-he-doesnt-really-care-about-taxes-2012-12#ixzz2G6eKAxdx
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With Republicans preparing to cave on White House demands to raise taxes, GOP House leaders have adjusted their focus to the other side of the government balance sheet, and demanding specific and substantial budget cuts be included in any fiscal cliff deal.
The shift represents a broader sea-change in the Republican Party, as conservative ideology moves gradually away from the anti-tax dogma codified by Grover Norquist to an emphasis on reducing government spending and cutting the national debt.
At the center of this change is Jonathan Bydlak, a 29-year-old Princeton graduate who wants to do for the issue of deficit reduction what Grover Norquist has done for taxes.
A relative political outsider — he worked for a hedge fund before getting his start in politics as fundraising director for Ron Paul's 2008 campaign — Bydlak is the head of the Coalition to Reduce Spending, a new organization modeled after Grover Norquist's Americans For Tax Reform.
Backed by celebrity investor Peter Schiff, the Coalition asks federal lawmakers to sign an ATR-style pledge to reject any increases in federal borrowing and vote only for balanced budget amendments. So far, the pledge has 24 signatories, including Texas Senator-elect Ted Cruz, a rising star in the GOP.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/this-29-year-old-conservative-operative-wants-to-be-the-next-grover-norquist--but-he-doesnt-really-care-about-taxes-2012-12#ixzz2G6eKAxdx
more including internal links at the link