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Taxpayer Protection Pledge 112th Congress
===What is the [[Taxpayer Protection Pledge]]?===
The Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Pledge has essentially two parts. The first part indicates an unequivocal pledge to oppose all efforts to marginal income tax for individuals and/or businesses. The second part consists of an opposition to any net reduction or elimination of deductions credits. Both are required to withstand in the time of a legislators tenure, if he/she agrees to sign the pledge. From the 112th Congressional list, 235 Representatives and 41 Senators have signed on to it. Only three Democratic legislators and one Independent. <ref>112th Congress, [http://atr.org/current-list-taxpayer-protection-pledge-signers-a5597] Taxpayer Protection Pledge</ref>
Since 1986, under the Ronald Reagan administration, the Taxpayer Pledge has been utilized in GOP tax policies. [[Grover Norquist]] proposed the pledge to pressure other Republican politicians to support with President Reagan's tax agenda. Norquist says, "If you want a politician to make a commitment and want it to matter, it can't be four paragraphs long. I can't have moving parts, you can't remember what's in it." Once Reagan and congressional Republicans signed on to it, Reagan's tax-reform bill passed and the pledge has prospered ever since. <ref> Norquist's Tax Pledge: What It Is and How It Started, [http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/11/norquists-tax-pledge-what-it-is-and-how-it-started/] ABC News, November 26, 2012. </ref>
