Senator Pat Toomey On The Debt Debate

I am proud to say that my senator, Senator Pat Toomey, has been outspoken and at the forefront of these debt talks. He is one of the co-sponsors of "Cut, Cap, and Balance" and has strongly criticized both the Democrats and the President on how they have handled the debt talks. Here is a speech which Sen. Pat Toomey gave on the Senate floor a few days ago. In the second video he talks with Sean Hannity on the whole debt debate drama.

Senator Pat Toomey's Balanced Budget Proposal

My senator from the great state of Pennsylvania has put together a budget proposal.  I have to say that I am proud to have Pat Toomey as my senator.  Senator Pat Toomey's budget simplifies the tax code, balances the budget in nine years, and reduces the publicly held debt from close to 70 percent of GDP today to 52 percent by 2021.  He does this by reducing the spending to 18.5 percent of GDP.  He decided to focus on one thing at a time, first proposing a balanced budget but he does know and understand that social security needs to be reformed.  Overall, I have to say that I am pleased with his budget proposal.

Here are the cosponsors of the Budget Proposal:

Cosponsored by Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), David Vitter (R-La.), Tom Coburn
(R-Okla.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ron
Johnson (R-Wisc.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah)

Pat Toomey states:


Let me just mention one other thing. It's my view that a permanent solution to the
fiscal challenges that we face will require broader reforms than what we have in
this budget. For instance, ultimately, we need to reform the Social Security
program; we need to reform Medicare. But this budget represents what we think of as
a necessary first step. It reaches balance. It does so within the foreseeable
future, within 10 years in fact, and in the process, I hope that it will demonstrate
and earn for us a restored trust in our ability to grapple with the big problems
that we face. This in turn, will buy us the time we need for the long-term reforms
for our federal budget.

I'm not aware of any country that has ever dramatically grown its government,
generated massive spending beyond its means, run up huge deficits, accumulated
massive debt, monetized part of it and then lived happily ever after. We won't be
the first. We're either going to stay on this current path and suffer the
consequences that will come from this very irresponsible spending - the consequences
of diminished opportunity at best - or we're going to depart from this path and
adopt the fiscal discipline that our constituents expect of us and adopt the
pro-growth reforms that will allow our economy to recover and allow us to enjoy
another great American century.

The time to choose is now. And the time is running out.
 

Here is an overview of Sen. Toomey's balanced budget proposal.

1 Pager- Balanced Budget Resolution FINAL

Here is a more detailed overview of Senator Toomey's balanced budget proposal.

Restoring Balance Final

Joe Sestak: A CINO Pro-Abortion Extremist Who is Wrong for Pennsylvania

Pinocchio Sestak

Sestak's nose is surely growing due to all of his rampant dishonesty.  Apparently, Sestak has potentially violated House ethics rules barring earmarks going to for-profit groups.  But, now Sestak & Co. is spinning this story in an effort to explain away such dishonesty.

From NRO: At issue is whether Sestak’s congressional office was aware that Devitt, who requested a $350,000 earmark as chairman of the Thomas Paine Foundation, also heads a for-profit group called New Way Energy, LLC., which would have “partnered” with his foundation to develop a potentially for-profit wind prototype.

The problem is: The Thomas Paine Foundation exists only on paper. Calls from Battle ‘10 to the foundation were unsuccessful. An automated message noted that the number had been disconnected. The foundation hasn’t filed a federal tax return in six years. In 2004, its most recent filing year, its budget totaled $195, with “program expenses” amounting to $65.

The Thomas Paine Foundation “partners” with the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia, an atheist advocacy group, though in comments to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Devitt said the latter advocacy group had “nothing to do with the request.”

April Mellody, spokeswoman for Sestak’s campaign, blamed Devitt for misleading congressional staffers when applying for his earmark. But Devitt told the Tribune-Review, “I don’t believe I misled them.”

Nachama Soloveichik, Pat Toomey’s communications director, told Battle ‘10, “Either Congressman Sestak isn’t telling Pennsylvanians the whole truth about his latest earmark violation, or his office is guilty of gross incompetence.”

Critics have emerged, including Pennsylvania Republican Chairman Rob Gleason, who have questioned how thoroughly Sestak’s congressional office researches earmark requests.

The earmark request has been rejected by a House appropriations subcommittee. But that it was even proposed by Sestak raises the question of what Sestak’s office considers “due diligence.” What would qualify a foundation — with no prior research and development experience and whose most recent programs budget totaled $65 — for a $350,000 wind-energy grant?

With his involvement in "jobsgate" and this new accusation, Sestak is certainly proving himself to be an extremely untrustworthy candidate for the Pa Senate seat.  This is why as many Pennsylvanians as possible must get out and vote for Pat Toomey, who is trustworthy, in the November election.