Cruz launched an investigation to investigate the government's efforts to conspire with businesses to suppress e-commerce (see excerpt below). The full article is fabulously positive for Ted Cruz and his support of free market economics in e-commerce. It's also highly complimentary about Ted's ability to form consensus between Republicans and Democrats while heading up the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning.
At the FTC, Cruz's agenda could have been written by Milton Friedman.Cruz promoted economic liberty and fought government efforts to rig the marketplace in favor of special interests. Most notably, Cruz launched an initiative to study the government's role in conspiring with established businesses to suppress e-commerce. This initiative ultimately led the U.S. Supreme Court to open up an entire industry to small e-tailers. Based on his early support of disruptive online companies, Cruz has some grounds to call himself the "Uber of American politics."
Yes, I see that. Again, I hastily read some of the sentences that were poorly written, but my fault for not reading with more care. Cruz is good on this.
This is why he was able to go to the Iowa agricultural summit and get applause after telling them that he has every intent to cut off the ethanol subsidies.
They accepted it because he spoke about lifting the regulatory and tax burden farmers face and cutting the string that ties them to government. In short letting them take their own risks and letting them find their own path to prosperity.