Grover Norquist, the conservative activist, criticized Democratic U.S. Rep. Health Shuler over the weekend for his vote on budgetary matters.
“Heath Shuler, who spoke recently about what a great conservative he is, just voted for a budget which guarantees a $3,000 increase per taxpayer on all of us for the next 10 years," Norquist said at a Raleigh conference sponsored by the Civitas Institute.
But Andrew Whalen, Shuler’s spokesman, said the charge was inaccurate and that Shuler was one of 12 Democrats who voted against the budget that passed the House on March 29, reports Rob Christensen.
Norquist said he wasn’t referring to Shuler’s budget vote, but to a vote Shuler took on Jan. 5 for the so-called PAYGO, which requires that new expenditures or tax cuts be accompanied by commensurate increases in revenue or reductions elsewhere in the budget.
Norquist said the PAYGO “guarantees the tax increase” because it will make it impossible to extend the Bush tax cuts.
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You want to talk about fiscal irresponsibility? Take a look at this. Get that handled, Mr. Norquist and maybe then we'll talk about balanced budgets.
I don't know which is sadder: the fact that Grover Norquist was invited to talk to the NCGOP or the fact that North Carolina's so-called conservative leadership actually listened to what the clown had to say. In either case, they should all spend a few minutes looking at this information before they comment on Heath Shuler's votes.