I am not going to critize Cruz for doing his job.
However, is this the experience that is best suited to get our economy rolling? Bring jobs? Trade agreements? National debt?
However, is this the experience that is best suited to get our economy rolling? Bring jobs? Trade agreements? National debt?
I don’t believe anyone currently running is going to fix the mess we are in. The reason is the pain that the country will have to go through first. And Americans will resist any real, meaningful spending cuts to bring our fiscal situation under control
I think we’ll just have to ride it to the bitter end
Reply to: “I am not going to critize Cruz for doing his job.
“However, is this the experience that is best suited to get our economy rolling? Bring jobs? Trade agreements? National debt?”
Actually, yes, it is. As several people have pointed out (and I think you already realize), but I’m going to try to make blindingly clear, it is the specific duty of the Texas Solicitor General to defend the laws of Texas when they are challenged in court. Regardless of whether he thinks it’s a good law or not, it is his duty to support the law enacted by the legislature, with the best arguments he can think of (without lying). What this means is that Senator Cruz has experience in actually performing the duties of his position—even when doing his duty opens him up to mockery. In an era when the Justice Department overrules the Congress, by deciding not to support federal laws in court, when the Justice Department doesn’t like those laws, this is the most important type of experience to bring to Washington. Solving any of the specific problems you mentioned can only be done on a foundation of officials who act honestly, and make it a point to perform their duties.