As a veteran.. I didn’t even know Cruz was a vet.. I might have missed him speak of it, but he doesn’t often enough. Ooorah. Might be something he should mention when asked about defending the nation and winning wars. The first gulf war was about air superiority.
Ted Cruz: Texas Solicitor General [2003-2008]
"Appointed to the office of Solicitor General of Texas by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Cruz served in that position from 2003 to 2008. The office had been established in 1999 to handle appeals involving the state, but Abbott hired Cruz with the idea that Cruz would take a "leadership role in the United States in articulating a vision of strict constructionism." As Solicitor General, Cruz argued before the Supreme Court nine times, winning five cases and losing four.".............
What No One Seems to Know About Ted Cruz's Past
........."From the start of his tenure in 2001, Cruz strategically reoriented the FTC to focus on ways in which government restricts competition. To lay a foundation, Cruz organized a conference on regulatory barriers to e-commerce. Large online companies, such as Amazon and eBay, explained that government regulation and legacy laws threatened the growth of e-commerce. For example: funeral licensing laws meant online retailers could not legally sell caskets into certain states, even though they typically offered much lower prices. Other laws hampered online sales of cars, contact lenses, and legal and medical services.".....
Ted Cruz and the South Carolina dentists
"....Long before he was a U.S. senator or a presidential candidate, Cruz was a senior official at the Federal Trade Commission. His brief but eventful tenure provides interesting insights into how he might govern. One particular episode - which, as fate would have it, took place in South Carolina - is especially revealing.
In 2003, as part of an initiative launched by a Cruz-led Task Force, the FTC filed suit against the South Carolina State Board of Dentistry. At issue was an "emergency regulation" restricting the ability of non-dentists to provide teeth cleanings, sealants, and fluoride treatments in school settings. The Board - whose 9 members included 7 practicing dentists - argued that the regulation was necessary to protect public health. The FTC countered that its true intent was to block competition from dental hygienists.
The Board insisted that, without the supervision of a dentist, a hygienist might seal in tooth decay, resulting in a dangerous abscess. When pressed on the issue, however, it could not provide a single example of this ever actually happening.
The FTC has always focused on anticompetitive restraints of trade. What Cruz brought to the table that was new, and what the Dental Board case illustrates, is a focus on government as the source of the restraint. Overreaching with respect to professional licensing is a classic example.
Such licensing can be a good thing. When you need open heart surgery, you want a licensed physician. But other examples - such as weeks of classroom instruction and years of apprenticeship to obtain a license to cut hair or arrange flowers - strongly suggest that it is the professionals themselves, rather than consumers, who are being protected."...........................
More on Cruz:
Nov 10, 2014: Cruz: 'Net Neutrality Is Obamacare For The Internet'
May 14, 2014: Ted Cruz bill would ban 'FCC's latest adventure in net neutrality'
Sept 18, 2014: Limbaugh is Right, Net Neutrality Is An Attack On Free Speech -- So Why Is Comcast For It?
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".....Net neutrality is an idea that would give the FCC oversight of every Internet service provider in the country. Government could next expand because each Internet service provider needs clarification when applying new net neutrality regulations. Innovation, naturally would be diminished in such a new regulatory regime, as some of the Internet service providers' funds would have to go to hiring people to deal with the FCC, as well as to complying with regulations and lobbying for better regulations. Since the late 1990s private companies have spent hundreds of billions of dollars developing America's Internet. This money could dry up if the companies can't make profits from their investments.".......
2003: Ted Cruz, the Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning, will be leaving the Federal Trade Commission at the end of January, after nearly two years in the position. Mr. Cruz has been appointed the Solicitor General of the State of Texas, and will be moving to Austin in early February.
"The agency's mission of promoting competition and protecting consumers is critically important to the function of our free-market economy and to consumers nationwide," said FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris. "Ted has been instrumental in implementing that agenda. We congratulate him on his excellent work for the FTC and wish him much success in his new position."
Mr. Cruz has led the Office of Policy Planning since June of 2001.
Ted Cruz never served in the military.
Please don’t believe everything you read on Free Republic anymore. Especially if it’s pro Trump. There are many people here trying to confuse you. I’m not sure why, but they’re doing it.
How do you feel about Trumps Draft Dodging? Google is full of articles from legit news sources. Even a UK paper has picked it up. My husband was pulling ‘friendly’s out of Nam when they evac the Amb. Draft Dodging and Hanoi Jane are still dirty words in this house.
Donald Trump Once Compared Dating Life To Vietnam War https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/02/draft-dodger-donald-trump-compares-dating-life-to-vietnam-war#sthash.9OxQNkUh.dpuf
Donald Trump set to come under attack over Vietnam deferments
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/12156009/Donald-Trump-set-to-come-under-attack-over-Vietnam-deferments.html
Questions linger about Trump’s draft deferments during Vietnam War
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/questions-linger-about-trumps-draft-deferments-during-vietnam-war/2015/07/21/257677bc-2fdd-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html
Donald Trump, draft dodger, goes after John McCain, war hero
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0721-tuesday-donald-trump-mccain-20150721-story.html
Donald Trump avoided Vietnam with deferments, records show
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-avoided-vietnam-with-deferments-records-show/
Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft with ‘bull-—t’ injury
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/photos-show-trump-military-garb-dodging-draft-article-1.2298248
Donald Trump’s Own Secret: Vietnam Draft Records
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-vietnam-draft-records-secret-documents-deferments/story?id=13492639
2 S to 4 F deferment
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/trump-draft-deferment