unchallenged force within the republican party, a unilateral king maker. many have signed his pledge, at least until a year ago when arguably the most conservative republican in the senate broke rank. but here s if people s taxes go up in some way, it would appear to be a violation of the pledge that you signed with taxpayer protection pledge, and this piece, you vow to oppose any debt elimination or reduction of credits unless matching dollar for dollar reducing tax rates. if taxes go up in some capacity, would you not be in violence of that pledge? well, i think which pledge is most important, david, is the pledge to uphold your oath to the constitution of the united states or a pledge from a special interest group who claims to speak for all of american conservatives when, in fact, they really don t.
or else he will consider that a tax mike. for years and years he was an unchallenged force.ike. for years and years he was an unchallenged force.hike. for years and years he was an unchallenged force. arguably the most conservative republican in the senate broke rank. if people s taxes go up, would it appear to be a violation of the pledge you sign. would well known americans this is is a group you signed the pledge with. the second piece of this is that you vow to oppose any net reduction or elimination and credits unless matched dollar for dollar reducing tax rates. if taxes go up in some capacity, would now not be in violation? which pledge is most important? the pledge to uphold your oath
our problem with the grover tax pledge is he randomly picks what he decides is a tax increase. i would tell you that eliminating tax credits and tax gimmicks and loopholes is eliminating spending. it s not raising taxes. i think this is an important point. the tax code has these things called tax expenditures. they give people money to help buy a house. they give oil companies money. they are bigger than medicare. they are huge. it s more than a trillion dollars according to tax policy center. alan greenspan says he should be considering spending. do you consider them spending. i do. one thing that can be hard to figure out given there s been