Jeb Bush rightly says no to Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge

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www.denverpost.com — The prospect of a third member of the Bush family being nominated to run for president doesn’t exactly light up the excitement meter, but say this about Jeb Bush: He’s been around long enough that he apparently doesn’t feel the need to pander on every issue dear to the party base.

The latest example: Bush still refuses to sign the “Taxpayer Protection Pledge,” the Grover Norquist-engineered document whose origins go back to 1986 and which almost all GOP candidates have signed over the years as a matter of course. By signing the pledge, candidates vow to oppose any changes in taxation that result in a net tax increase.

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