Tax Reform is Needed
By Pat Toomey
April 15th is one of the most dreaded days in the calendar year. Doing one’s taxes has become a laborious chore that wastes times, energy, and money that could be better spent on other productive activities. At 66,000-plus pages...
Sestak tax would see rates rocket - Op-Ed - DelcoTimes
Delco Times
By PAT TOOMEY
Times Guest Columnist
Common sense says that if you impose a massive tax on a product, that product will be more expensive. And if that product is essential to a particular sector of our economy, then we...
Tax on energy would only hike costs, hurt taxpayers
Posted: August 19
Updated: Today at 12:20 AM
The Times Leader
COMMENTARY - Pat Toomey
COMMON SENSE says that if you impose a massive tax on a product, that product will be more expensive. And if that product is essential to a...
Toomey: Erie, not Washington, Should Make Drilling Decision
By PAT TOOMEY
July 29, 2010
Erie Times-News
I decided to run for political office because I believe there are serious changes needed in Washington so we can reduce our country's exploding deficit, create the jobs we desperately need...
I would vote against Kagan
She's willing to give government far too much power
By Pat Toomey
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Monday, July 26, 2010
Last year, I supported President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. In an op-ed...
Cap-and-Trade Would Hammer Economy, Job Creation
BigGovernment.com
by Pat Toomey
July 9, 2010
Last week’s national unemployment numbers demonstrated that the economic recovery President Obama promised us is still a ways away. In Pennsylvania the unemployment rate increased last...
One Year Later: Specter’s Switch All About Arlen
By Pat Toomey
BigGovernment.com
4.28.10
The people of Pennsylvania, and Americans across the country, will not quickly forget April 28, 2009 – the day Arlen Specter broke the trust of voters and switched political parties in order...
Toomey: Government policies hinder business growth - Patriot News
By Patriot-News Op-Ed
March 13, 2010, 10:39AM
As in the medical profession, when it comes to the federal government’s job-creation efforts, the first principle ought to be “Do no harm.”
As businesses and workers struggle in these...
Toomey: U.S. anti-terrorism policy criticized
By Pat Toomey
Contributing writer - Erie Times News
February 27, 2010
On Christmas Day, Nigerian al-Qaida terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab breached airport security and nearly succeeded in blowing up a Detroit-...
It’s Not Too Late to Pass Bi-Partisan Health Care Reform - Philadelphia Daily News
November 11, 2009
By Pat Toomey
Philadelphia Daily News
This past weekend, the House of Representatives voted for the largest possible government takeover of health care, despite bipartisan opposition. Thirty-...
