Posted on 07/13/2015 7:44:51 PM PDT by MN_Mike
McConnell is trying to bring back the crony bank, Ex-Im Bank. It sunset at end of June 2015. Now he plans to tie it to a highway bill. At Wednesdays press conference, Cruz will be joined by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas), chairman of the Republican Study Committee.
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Your analysis is sound. Thanks for your input.
The govt needs to get its fat fingers of the scales.
It might make sense if every government stopped helping their respective businesses, but to do it in isolation is nuts.
How much crap, excuse me, pork, has been added to Highway, Farm, and Disaster Relief Bills?
Enough so that the funds available for Highways is now 0.
And how we should offset other countries doing so is via tariffs. There is a way to level the playing field without putting on a uniform.
The ex-im bank needs to stay dead.
I might watch that later, but Cruz has already lost all credibility on Trade when he promoted giving Obama fast track authority.
Cruz might be the best social conservative and an excellent lawyer, but he has no clue about trade and our trade policies is the #1 cause of our economic problems and high unemployment.
Trump gets it, Cruz doesn’t.
The Ex-Im has earned 7 billion in the last 20 years. I think we can afford to keep guaranteeing it.
I'd much rather support the Ex-Im Bank and make money in the process, than to pay for even more people on unemployment.
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