Sen. Toomey: Let Obama Make Sequester Cuts
Lehigh Valley Sen. Pat Toomey proposes letting the White House make targeted spending cuts to avoid across-the-board reductions if sequester kicks in Friday
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey wants to let the White House make federal budget cuts required by the impending sequester to "cut in the least disruptive way possible." Toomey, a Republican from Zionsville, Lehigh County, said the move would help keep air traffic controllers on the job while cutting spending in redundant areas such as the federal government's 15 different financial literacy programs. "I'm not sure the federal government has demonstrated it's qualified to teach financial literacy," Toomey joked in a conference call with reporters Wednesday afternoon. Related blog post: Sequestration Cuts Could Hurt Meals on Wheels & Pa. Seniors Toomey noted that the sequester will require only about 2 percent of spending to be cut from a government …
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Melody
4:36 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Believe nothing this man says. Pat Toomey is a Koch Bros. bought-and-paid-for Republican talking head, who is specifically instructed by his corporate/lobbyist campaign contributors exactly what message (lies) he is allowed to take back to his hometown constituents... hoping they are dumb enough to believe them. Hundreds of thousands of Americans nationwide will lose their jobs (mostly private … more ›