Political Quotes

Pat Toomey

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Patrick Toomey is a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 2011 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Toomey was known for his focus on fiscal conservatism, economic growth, and limited government. During his tenure, he served on several Senate committees, including the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, where he was involved in financial regulation and economic policy discussions.

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Jun 14, 2021

It is time for all of our communities and the workers and their families that call them home to share in our country's prosperity.

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Jun 9, 2021

I have yet to receive a response. When will Treasury respond and comply with my request?

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Jun 8, 2021

In fact, there are a lot of reasons to believe China's digital currency will not be terribly appealing.

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Jun 8, 2021

The Fed, after all, has absolutely no experience in that realm.

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Jun 8, 2021

China, after all, has a State-controlled economy, has a repressive authoritarian Government that has got capital controls on the yuan.

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Jun 8, 2021

What problem is the central bank digital currency trying to solve? In other words, do we need one?

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Jun 8, 2021

Nor do we want a Government entity like the Fed positioned to possibly infringe on our privacy.

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Jun 8, 2021

But we should not lose sight of the tremendous benefits that the underlying technology that digital currencies offer.

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Jun 8, 2021

I do not think we need a State-sponsored bank interfering with this very successful free enterprise system.

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Jun 8, 2021

Private digital currencies have the potential to increase access to financial services for all Americans while increasing individual privacy.

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Jun 8, 2021

In my view, turning the Fed into a retail bank is not a good idea.

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Jun 8, 2021

I think we should consider the development of private digital currencies.

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Jun 7, 2021

For 50 years, average spending has been about 20 percent of GDP, just a little more than that. Under the President's budget, spending remains at about 25 percent of GDP.

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Jun 7, 2021

We had the best economy in 50 years. And that is if you measure it by objective metrics.

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Jun 7, 2021

I have a concern, and my concern is how much detailed information we have about what is actually available to be repurposed.

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Jun 7, 2021

That is a massive amount of spending increase when we have, let us face it, a very strong economy, 5.8 percent unemployment.

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Jun 7, 2021

I think it would be good to try to get back to that.

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Jun 7, 2021

That is just unbelievable, the spending, everywhere you look.

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Jun 7, 2021

Why haven't you provided the reports and the drawdown reports, right down to account level detail?

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May 25, 2021

I just want to close by urging you please defend the capitalist system that has worked so well for so many for so long.

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May 25, 2021

Do you believe that capitalism is the best economic system for producing the most prosperity for the greatest number of people?

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May 25, 2021

I am concerned about increasing pressure on banks to embrace 'wokeism' and appease the far left's attacks on capitalism.

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May 25, 2021

It seems to me, in fact, that access to credit is a necessary precondition for poor people to move up to the middle class, not the other way around.

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May 24, 2021

Would you agree that if regional Fed banks engage in partisan advocacy masquerading as research, that advocacy would harm the Fed's credibility?

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May 24, 2021

As Larry Summers said last week, there seems to be an overemphasis of certain risks like climate change by central banks.

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