Opinion: The answer is: Spend less. Period. - Grover G. Norquist and Mike Needham and Phil Kerpen and Al Cardenas and Duane Parde and Daniel J. Mitchell - POLITICO.com

Opinion: The answer is: Spend less. Period. - Grover G. Norquist and Mike Needham and Phil Kerpen and Al Cardenas and Duane Parde and Daniel J. Mitchell - POLITICO.com: 'Let’s be balanced, they insist, and promise to cut some spending and raise some taxes. Having pushed spending way up, they now want to pretend this spending is normal or, at least, inevitable. It isn’t.'

'In 1990, the same trick was played out — this time at the expense of President George H.W. Bush and the American people. A two-to-one promise brought higher taxes and higher spending. When tax hikes are on the table, the talk about spending cuts evaporates. Oddly enough, the tax hikes remain.'