Dan Meuser
| Dan Meuser | |
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| Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania | |
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In office January 18, 2011 – January 20, 2015 |
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| Governor | Tom Corbett |
| Preceded by | Stephen Stetler |
| Succeeded by | Eileen McNulty |
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| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Shelley |
| Children | Caroline Meuser, Jacqui Meuser, Daniel Meuser Jr. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| a. ^ C. Daniel Hassell served as acting secretary from Stetler's resignation in 2009 until Meuser's nomination in 2011. | |
Dan Meuser served as the Secretary of Revenue in the cabinet of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett. He was previously President of the Pride Mobility Corporation, a manufacturer of motorized wheelchairs in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton metro area of Pennsylvania, and currently serves the company as a board member and consultant. Meuser has previously allocated money to both Democratic and Republican politicians, most notably President George W. Bush, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.Meuser has actually given better than 99% of his federal contributions to Republicans He has previously testified before Congress regarding the criticality for federal practices surrounding rights and caring for the disabled.
Meuser was a candidate for the GOP nomination in Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district, having announced the implementation of his campaign in September 2007. He was defeated in the Republican primary by fellow businessman Chris Hackett, who went on to lose to Democratic incumbent Chris Carney in November 2008. Meuser heavily underscored his conservative values, even referencing Ronald Reagan and strongly emphasizing his work at Pride Mobility as part of a larger effort to embrace small-scale government and low taxes. The endorsements he received included a laundry list of well-known Pennsylvania conservatives including, most notably, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and then-Hazleton mayor Lou Barletta.
He was attacked by Hackett for hiring undocumented immigrants in Pride Mobility and funding prominent national Democratic politicians. In 1997 Pride Mobility was fined $41,000 for hiring 3 undocumented immigrants in 1995; however, the fine was later reduced to $23,000 after Pride Mobility appealed. The individuals in question had presented false documentation to Pride before technology like E-Verify was available. Immediately after being alerted of the violation Meuser and the leadership at Pride adopted new technology and there has not been an another incident since, despite thousands of hires. Both candidates have been attacked by each other's surrogates and supporters for publicly chastising earmarks while embracing such special localized federal funding for their own companies. Hackett's attacks against Meuser led to Meuser responding that a majority of his contributions go to Republicans while a large majority of Hackett's actually go to the very same Democrats that Hackett accuses Meuser of proudly funding. Meuser has actually given better than 99% of his federal contributions to Republicans
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