Occupy Wall Street protest in New-York

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From your link: my bold

"Politicians often run for office saying they won't raise taxes, but then quickly turn their backs on the taxpayer. The idea of the Pledge is simple enough: Make them put their no-new-taxes rhetoric in writing. "

Follow the link a bit more and you will find the pledge. Here is the pledge for US representatives:

I, _______________, pledge to the taxpayers of the _____ district of the state of__________, and to the American people that I will:
ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for individuals and/or businesses; and
TWO, oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.​

The pledge for senators is similar; at the state level the pledge is to oppose any and all efforts to increase taxes. Creating a new tax is not an out.

 

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This thread is no longer about Occupy Wall Street anymore, it's devolved into what every thread in P&WA devolves into: an argument about taxes.

This thread has been going nowhere for 40 pages.