|
 |
Posted on 11/18/2014 6:42:28 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Friday characterized President Obama's planned executive action on immigration as "angry and defiant of voters" following Republican wins in the midterm elections.
"I hope he does not do so. If he does, it would be wrong, it would be unconstitutional, and it would be angry and defiant of voters," Cruz said Friday, following a speech in Austin outlining his position on a number of issues related to technology policy.
The Texas senator said if Obama goes through with the plan, "Congress will do everything humanly possible to stop them.” He declined to "game play" what tactics Republicans might use.
Cruz said he might even agree with some of the policy changes that Obama makes, including freeing up more work visas for the technology community. He noted that he has introduced a bill to expand the cap on high-tech visas.
An expansion of the cap was also included in a comprehensive Senate bill passed by the chamber last year, which stalled in the House.
"As a policy matter, I may well agree with that, but even so, the way to do it is not the president unilaterally decreeing, ‘I'm changing the law,’ " Cruz said.
During the speech focused mostly on other areas, Cruz voiced his opposition to legislation to expand online sales taxes, Obama’s recommendations on net neutrality and the government's plans to move away from its oversight role of the system governing online Web addresses.
Many of the points were highlighted in a recent op-ed in The Washington Post.
Cruz has been increasingly vocal on tech issues recently. On Monday he was one of the first Republicans out of the gate with a comment blasting the president's recommendation on strict net neutrality rules, comparing it to ObamaCare.
On Friday, he reiterated his distain for the plan to reclassify the Internet as a public utility in order to enforce rules requiring Internet service providers to treat all traffic the same. He said the move is "dramatic and far reaching" and anyone who is interested in freedom online "would come to regret that decision."
He said the move would freeze innovation in its tracks, comparing an increasingly regulated Internet to the U.S. Postal Service or a taxi commission. In those areas, he said, increased government regulation "calcifies everything."
|
|
We produce domestically more STEM workers than there are jobs. Cruz has presidential ambitions and is looking for corporate donations.
Americans who graduate with technology degrees must now compete with more foreign workers who reduce wages and take American jobs. And most of the American college graduates are paying off student loans.
Microsoft cuts 3,000 jobs, rounding out July plan
Cruz is a crony capitalist seeking big-money corporate donations for his Presidential run.
Exactly, It’s always been about HIM. He has never cared about the American public unless it was for votes.
> Cruz said he might even agree with some of the policy changes that Obama makes, including freeing up more work visas for the technology community. He noted that he has introduced a bill to expand the cap on high-tech visas.
Give them a test on their area of expertise before you admit them or we will have a lot of teardrop tatted scientists roamng our streets.
After reading the article I'll now say, “Oh well, Cruz won't be as good for this nation as I thought.”
(A reference to increased tech visas)
I'm just about in total isolationism mode.
Even the pols we claim to be our best aren't good enough to put this nation back where it once was.
“O’s” entire Presidency has been in defiance of voters.
Voters schmoters, why should the king care.
BUMP
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion;I'm no "Constitutional scholar" like our esteemed leaders, but "shall protect each state against invasion" seems to have been fundamentally transformed into "shall guarantee each state invasion", or is it just me?
Article IV, Section 4
Ah , when did Obama ever do what the Voters wanted ?
....”Like Obama and his accomplices really care about the voters.”.....
well that’s just it...the “caring” about what we think is even getting to the point they don’t care even at elections, good enough to just put on the show for they’ve got it so rigged it no longer matters what we think.
Outstanding article...thanks.
Only thing I disagree with is that if...big if...the frog does in fact jump out of the pot, then what? Who will stand up and take our nation back, and more importantly will it even be possible to do so?
The website has disappeared, but I read at TheFinalPhase Forum for years. Great stuff there. Not sure I bought in to all of it but...
FTR: I was a news junkie for years, and about 2 yrs ago realized it’s over; there’s nothing left to do now but hang on. With that in mind, I don’t read a lot of news stories, just trying to enjoy life.
Not sure I’ll live to see the collapse, but my grandkids most certainly will.
IOW, he will do it. Thanks SoConPubbie.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.