[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

    Ted Cruz Ping!

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    CRUZ or LOSE!

[cripplecreek]

I see he spoke at a freedomworks event last night about repealing Obamacare.

[Diogenesis]

Give it a break.

Cruz is the Dolezal of Conservativism.

Cruz supported ObamaTRADE despite being SECRET
and there IS the appearance of impropriety with
Goldmann Sachs and the globalists.

[Chauncey Uppercrust]

Go Cruz!!

Was a bit sad and petty to see so many people here trashing Cruz the last few days over the trade stuff, many saying he was a loser etc.

Go Ted, you can do it buddy.

[albie]

If we changed laws every time public opinion said to, we’d be in real trouble. Especially when the “public” is as imbecilic as it is currently.

[Erik Latranyi]

TPA or Fast Track is unconstitutional.

The Constitution specifically states how treaties with other nations must be approved.

It is clear.

But, because there is so much money at stake (billions and trillions) our self-serving politicians and leaders decided the Constitution made it too difficult for trade agreements to be ratified.

So, they argued that trade deals with other nations are different than treaties with other nations.

By separating out trade deals with other nations, they can write their own rules for ratification.

TPA requires a simple 51 vote majority to ratify a trade deal, but a 60 vote majority to kill it. Anything in between puts it in limbo until enough votes can be found in either direction.

Making it easy to ratify trade deals is just a jobs program for government workers. Congressional aides, congressmen, etc will be the ones getting lucrative consulting jobs helping companies “navigate” the details of a trade deal.

They will get wealthy helping companies get into new markets and helping companies get into our markets.....regardless the consequences.

Trade deals are treaties. They should be difficult to ratify. Trade deals should meet a very high threshold because they affect US citizens, US companies and US national security.

We would be a better nation if trade deals were difficult to ratify.

Ted Cruz should know this and recognize this. However, he, or his family, will probably benefit from the next trade deal ratified.

[gwjack]

SoConPubbie, thank you for posting this. When I saw that this was an article on the Second Amendment, and Cruz’ position on it I was interested in reading the 70+ posts about it. Unfortunately, there are those that hijacked your thread to attack Ted Cruz on totally unrelated issues. If I wanted to read about trade, I would go to those threads. Thank you for the informative article. I’m sorry that your thread got diverted from the topic. It is inexcusable, but common nowadays.

Again, thank you for posting this.

I’m weary of posters asserting their own agenda on every thread. I appreciate the effort you make.

Gwjack