  grover glenn norquist (born october 19, 1956) is an american political advocate who is founder and president of americans for tax reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases and a co-founder of the islamic free market institute. a libertarian-leaning republican, he is the primary promoter of the "taxpayer protection pledge," a pledge signed by lawmakers who agree to oppose increases in marginal income tax rates for individuals and businesses, as well as net reductions or eliminations of deductions and credits without a matching reduced tax rate. prior to the november 2012 election, the pledge was signed by 95% of all republican members of congress and all but one of the candidates running for the 2012 republican presidential nomination. ==early life== norquist grew up in weston, massachusetts. he is the son of carol (nÃ©e lutz) and warren elliott norquist (a vice p
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