Norquist Calls C-SPAN Caller A 'Very Nice Left-Wing Twit'

Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist on Wednesday blasted a "very nice left-wing twit" who thanked him for contributing to the destruction of the middle class in the U.S. During an interview on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, a prankster calling in on

By David Edwards

06/13/12 10:20 am

blocked the Paying a Fair Share Act, which would have enacted a rule named for billionaire Warren Buffett, who revealed that he paid a lower tax rate than his “secretary.”

According to the Congressional Research Service (PDF), almost 100,000 millionaires in the U.S. pay a lower effective tax rate than millions of families earning less than $100,000.

An April CNN poll found that 72 percent of Americans — including 70 percent of independents — favored the “Buffett Rule.”

Norquist Calls C-SPAN Caller A 'Very Nice Left-Wing Twit'

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