Pat Toomey: Wall Street’s Most Valuable Player
Harrisburg, PA — With the Eagles taking on the Packers and the Steelers playing the Falcons, Pennsylvanians across the state are ready for the football season to start. But the NFL season is off to the wrong start for Wall Street’s MVP Pat Toomey. Recent polls show that the Wall Street derivatives trader’s top campaign promise to extend the Bush tax giveaways for the wealthy and Wall Street CEOs are about as popular as a Packers fan at Lincoln Financial Field. A majority of Americans soundly reject the deficit-exploding Toomey-Bush tax giveaways for the wealthy, which have added $2 trillion to the deficit at the expense of middle-class Pennsylvanians.
“The promises of Wall Street’s MVP Pat Toomey may sound like music to the ears of the wealthy and Wall Street CEOs, but Toomey’s deficit-exploding tax giveaways are out of the mainstream and out-of-touch with Pennsylvanians,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesman Mark Nicastre. “Pat Toomey can’t fool Pennsylvanians. When given the choice to stand up for Pennsylvania families or Wall Street, Pat Toomey chooses his special corporate interest friends on Wall Street every time. And that’s what makes him Wall Street’s most valuable player.”
Majority of Americans Against Toomey’s Giveaways to the Wealthy:
56 percent of Americans support ending either all of the Bush tax cuts or just the ones for the wealthy, while just one third wants to keep them all. [National Journal 9/11/10]
59 percent of Americans — and a majority of independents — support either ending all of the Bush tax cuts or just the ones for the wealthy. [Gallup Poll, 9/10/10]
51 percent of Americans favor ending the tax cuts for the rich and another 18 percent favor ending them all. [CNN, 08/20/10]
Among independents, 44 percent favor ending the tax cuts for the rich, while another 21 percent favor ending them all. Letting the tax cuts for the rich has majority support in all regions of the country except the south. [CNN, 08/20/10]
A sizable majority, 56 percent, think the tax cuts for the wealthy should expire. [CBS, 8/26/10)]
Pat Toomey: MVP of Wall Street and Corporate Special Interests:
Toomey voted to make Bush tax cuts permanent. In 2002, Toomey voted to pass a bill that would extend the Bush tax cuts of 2001 until 2010. [HR 586, 4/18/02]
Toomey, a former three-term member of Congress from the Lehigh Valley, would extend all of the [Bush] tax cuts permanently. [Associated Press, 8/16/10]
Thirty-seven percent said the [Bush] tax cuts should be extended for everyone, and 15 percent said they should be allowed to expire for everyone. Toomey sides with the 37 percent, saying tax cuts spur economic growth and, as a result, more tax revenue. [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 9/11/10]
Toomey supports extending all the Bush tax cuts. [Washington Post, 9/5/10]
at Toomey: Wall Street’s Most Valuable Player
Harrisburg, PA — With the Eagles taking on the Packers and the Steelers playing the Falcons, Pennsylvanians across the state are ready for the football season to start. But the NFL season is off to the wrong start for Wall Street’s MVP Pat Toomey. Recent polls show that the Wall Street derivatives trader’s top campaign promise to extend the Bush tax giveaways for the wealthy and Wall Street CEOs are about as popular as a Packers fan at Lincoln Financial Field. A majority of Americans soundly reject the deficit-exploding Toomey-Bush tax giveaways for the wealthy, which have added $2 trillion to the deficit at the expense of middle-class Pennsylvanians.
“The promises of Wall Street’s MVP Pat Toomey may sound like music to the ears of the wealthy and Wall Street CEOs, but Toomey’s deficit-exploding tax giveaways are out of the mainstream and out-of-touch with Pennsylvanians,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesman Mark Nicastre. “Pat Toomey can’t fool Pennsylvanians. When given the choice to stand up for Pennsylvania families or Wall Street, Pat Toomey chooses his special corporate interest friends on Wall Street every time. And that’s what makes him Wall Street’s most valuable player.”
Majority of Americans Against Toomey’s Giveaways to the Wealthy: 56 percent of Americans support ending either all of the Bush tax cuts or just the ones for the wealthy, while just one third wants to keep them all. [National Journal 9/11/10]59 percent of Americans — and a majority of independents — support either ending all of the Bush tax cuts or just the ones for the wealthy. [Gallup Poll, 9/10/10]51 percent of Americans favor ending the tax cuts for the rich and another 18 percent favor ending them all. [CNN, 08/20/10]Among independents, 44 percent favor ending the tax cuts for the rich, while another 21 percent favor ending them all. Letting the tax cuts for the rich has majority support in all regions of the country except the south. [CNN, 08/20/10]A sizable majority, 56 percent, think the tax cuts for the wealthy should expire. [CBS, 8/26/10)]Pat Toomey: MVP of Wall Street and Corporate Special Interests:Toomey voted to make Bush tax cuts permanent. In 2002, Toomey voted to pass a bill that would extend the Bush tax cuts of 2001 until 2010. [HR 586, 4/18/02] Toomey, a former three-term member of Congress from the Lehigh Valley, would extend all of the [Bush] tax cuts permanently. [Associated Press, 8/16/10] Thirty-seven percent said the [Bush] tax cuts should be extended for everyone, and 15 percent said they should be allowed to expire for everyone. Toomey sides with the 37 percent, saying tax cuts spur economic growth and, as a result, more tax revenue. [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 9/11/10]Toomey supports extending all the Bush tax cuts. [Washington Post, 9/5/10]