Toomey was described in a 2004 New Yorker profile as “a conservative Republican of rigorous doctrinal purity: anti-abortion, anti-taxes, antispending (except for defense); a fiscal hawk, appalled by big deficits, a crusader for school choice, tort reform, Social Security privatization, and a smaller federal government.” He’s still that guy, but the Republican Party has changed—so Toomey declined to run for re-election this year.
Toomey was one of a handful of senators to take an informed interest in the issues around cryptocurrency. As he prepared to exit office in December, Toomey sat down with Reason’s Eric Boehm to discuss the topic.
Q: Some of your colleagues have called for new regulations on cryptocurrencies after the collapse of the FTX trading platform, but you disagree. Why?
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