I did actually watch the entire debate. Even though it wasn’t as entertaining without Trump, it was informative. I thought Cruz’s response to the question about ethanol and the gratuitous cut to Branstad sitting in the audience was right on the money.
Cruz pointed out that it is not the government’s role to pick winners and losers. He stated that he has nothing against ethanol, per se, but that he wants to remove ALL government subsidies and to let the free market pick winners and losers, not the government via regulation or executive fiat.
In both constitutional and raw economic terms, he’s right.
Yes Cruz did well. I want to see him over the noise level.
Under this originalist logic treatment for veterans is unconstitutional as it is not delineated under government powers. Of course social security and medicare is also unconstitutional as well as health plans for government workers. All of this is unconstitutional as none of the above is listed as something that the government can do. Am I wrong here?