Why Does Pat Toomey Like Hillsdale College so Much?

[blue neen]

"WASHINGTON – Republicans want to tax college and university endowments, but U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey tried to carve out a narrow exemption that appeared to be tailored to a single school in Michigan with ties to conservatives including U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, former Club for Growth president Chris Chocola and GOP campaign financier Charles Koch."

"The amendment was dropped after criticism about its narrow scope."

"Hillsdale College, a non-denominational Christian institution, has a $482 million endowment and would have to pay $6.7 in new taxes without the Toomey exemption."

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"Mr. Toomey’s amendment did not mention Hillsdale by name, but the senator on Friday could not name any other institutions that would be affected by his exemption. It applies to schools that do not accept federal Title IV money, which includes funding for student aid."

Read more at: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2017/12/01/Toomey-carves-out-exemption-to-college-excise-tax/stories/201712010261

This is descipable. How dare Pat Toomey even pretend to represent the voters of Pennsylvania. What a sham.

[Freddie]

1. Toomey is the lowest of the low

Vile scum, and we're stuck with him til 2022, so he has no fear of voter backlash.

[COLGATE4]

2. Hillsdale is Betsy DeVos' pet project. This beyond far-right

college received tremendous financial and other support from the DeVos family, enough to that the Rethugs gave Betsy her Xmas present by exempting only Hillsdale college from $6.7 million dollars tax on its endowment. I think Toomey merely got to be the message-bearer on this one.

[underpants]

4. Big advertisers on right wing radio

They have "free" on line tutorials on what the Constitution REALLY means.

[blue neen]

5. This just shows how deeply embedded Toomey is with the Koch Bros.

and the 1 Percenters. It's disgusting.

[Cicada]

3. Family values like College Pres screwing his sons wife

The longtime president of this evangelical haven did have the unfortunate scandal of sleeping with his daughter in law. Sort of perfect example of right wing family values.

This college advertises on Rush where Rush calls it the highest ranked college in America.

[underpants]

6. Hadn't heard about that

Sounds like something Ted Cruz would like.

[blue neen]

7. Holy cow.

I had no idea. Yet, our illustrious Republican Senator from Pennsylvania feels the need to help them.

[Tanuki]

8. The daughter in law also committed suicide over it

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.nationalreview.com/article/220720/horror-hillsdale-john-j-miller

[FakeNoose]

9. Toomey doesn't represent us Pennsylvanians

...he only cares about the batshit crazy right-wingers, and most of them don't live here. A bunch of those nutty right-wingers went to Hillsdale College or they're sending their kids there. Toomey is just trying to pay off his super-wealthy donors, and nothing else.

Ask him if he gives a shit about any of the colleges and universities in PA. (I think we already know the answer to that.)

[blue neen]

10. Hey Toomey! Hillsdale much?

He sold Pennsylvania middle class citizens down the river, but tried to help this Devos and Koch college in Michigan.

It's disgusting beyond belief.

[PA Democrat]

11. He needs to fear his constituents more than the Koch brothers and Club for Growth scumbags.

Make him face protesters every time he shows his Koch-ass-kissing face in public. He need to be publicly exposed and mocked at every opportunity.

[blue neen]

12. Pat Toomey-Koch is the epitomy of a Corporate Shill.

It's infuriating to think we're stuck with this POS.