Import/Export Banks. There is your answer. Cruz should have been against it from the get go regardless of that. Why would we want to give the worst President in history the power to screw this country further.
That’s correct, the ExIm slush fund that’s a gigantic crony capitalism scheme that lavishes taxpayer funds on a handful of influential companies. Cruz and others were against reinstating the slop, and McConnell lied by saying there was no deal with Obama for ExIm extension in exchange for TPP/TPA.
Why is this important? Conservatives want a smaller government. Agencies eliminated and/or reduced. Trump has said he would eliminate DOEd, HHS and others. What is his record reducing the size and scope of government? Will he keep his word? One clue is his ethanol stance in Iowa - where he actually read a prepared statement unlike his normal off the cuff style. In it he EXPANDED ethanol subsidies, which like ExIm is a gigantic big government crony capitalism slush fund that benefits a few farm lobbies. Cruz wants to eliminate ethanol subsidies - and said so IN IOWA then went on to win the caucus.
Like you, I like what Trump has said over the last 6 months. My problem is I’m skeptical he will actually fulfill his commitments and I cannot rely on his earlier 60 years because he was a democrat. A NY democrat. Planned Parenthood, HillaryCare, all of it.
I’ll support Trump in November, but fear a lot of people will be disappointed if he actually becomes POTUS. Even you.