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That's small potatoes compared to his "friends" who put their money in PACs:

New York hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer, Texas natural gas billionaires Farris and Dan Wilks, and private-equity partner Toby Neugebauer.
Mercer invested $11 million, Neugebauer gave $10 million, and the Wilks brothers and their wives together gave $15 million.
big-data firm Cambridge Analytica -- in which Mercer is an investor -- began working in Oct. 2014 to identify potential Cruz voters and develop messages that would motivate them.
Neugebauer co-founded Quantum Energy Partners, a private equity firm based in Houston. It invested heavily in shale development, which became lucrative with the advent of hydraulic fracturing.
His father, Randy, is a Republican congressman from Texas.
In 2014, the younger Neugebauer moved his legal residency to Puerto Rico, saying he had done so primarily to expose his children to Spanish and become more worldly. The U.S. territory also provides key tax breaks that the mainland does not.

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That's small potatoes compared to his "friends" who put their money in PACs:

I pondered your post and its various assertions for some time.

Eventually, I came to this conclusion: So what?

So, some of Cruz' donors want to encourage shale oil production. I believe Senator Cruz has been in favor of same for some time -- well before these donors became involved. He didn't have to be paid off to favor more drilling.

And don't you favor increased shale oil production, too? It has helped to reduce the cost of gasoline by over 50%. Why wouldn't you -- and Senator Cruz -- favor it?

And if some rich guy wantsto live in Puerto Rico -- and catch a ew tax breaks -- why should I care? Why should you care?

Like I said, so what?