As a fiscal conservative I am disappointed by your editorial defending Grover Norquist's tax pledge ("Republicans and the Tax Pledge," Nov. 27). The tax pledge was based on the assumption that "starving the beast" of revenue will restrain the growth of government. Unfortunately for us and future generations of citizens, the same people who signed the pledge just borrowed more money to fuel the growth of government. With the federal debt at $16 trillion and rising, I find it hard to believe there is anyone who doesn't recognize that the tax pledge has been a disastrous failure.

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