Do you think if a person can make more money by not working than they can make by working, does that affect their incentive to go back to work?
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.
How is it fair to a blue-collar worker who did not go to college to have to contribute tax dollars to cover the cost of tuition of someone who is going to make $1 million more on average than he or she makes?
The provision that I led would allow HUD to issue the certificates of guarantee per a 184 loan without waiting for the BIA if the lender originating the loan agrees to indemnify HUD for any losses.
I look forward to working with both of you, Dr. Rouse and Congresswoman Fudge, to fully protect our kids from lead and other threats to their health.
My view is if after all of this historic spending there are people who have fallen through the cracks, people who have not gotten the assistance they need, then by all means let us have a conversation about those folks who are in those…
we reached record low unemployment rates and rising wages, especially for the lowest-income people, after our tax reform.
The only organizing principle that I can discern is, it seems to spend as much money as possible.
I don't support socialism, or Marxism, or so-called Democratic socialism that would end with command-and-control policies.
With tax revenues at historical lows, ensuring that wealthy individuals and corporations pay their fair share should be considered part of any plan to put our country on a path to fiscal sustainability.
The contours of the stimulus bill as proposed by the Biden administration are going to make that difficult.
I am against foreign countries trying to tap into the U.S. tax base with unilateral digital services taxes.
I will pay close attention to see that the incoming administration abides by that new Biden Rule and doesn't go after taxing small businesses and the middle class.
the idea of an annual tax on an unrealized appreciation of assets is what I am asking about.
The last thing you want to do is to raise taxes in the middle of a recession.
I am pleased to hear your testimony that you think that the tax increases, the really massive tax increases that President-elect Biden is proposing, will be delayed.
Increasing unemployment payments such that a majority of unemployed workers will make more money being unemployed than they make working can only slow the return to a normal, healthy labor market.
I think the best way for our country, Chuck, is for the president to resign and go away as soon as possible.
I understand he wants to be remembered for advocating for big checks. But the danger is he'll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior if he allows this to expire.
I understand he wants to be remembered for advocating for big checks, but the danger is, he will be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior.
Republican Senator Pat Toomey called the president's attempts to overturn the election in Pennsylvania completely unacceptable.
We're on a path it looks likely that Joe Biden is going to be the next president of the United States. It's not 100 percent certain, but it is quite likely. And so I think a transition process ought to begin.





