The never-raise-taxes thing was started by Grover Norquist and has been going since 1985/1986: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform#Taxpayer_P

The never-raise-taxes thing was started by Grover Norquist and has been going since 1985/1986: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform#Taxpayer_Protection_Pledge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform#Taxpay... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist#Americans_for_Tax_Reform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist#Americans_for_T...