Posted on 02/08/2016 3:50:45 PM PST by Hojczyk
Question 1: How would you vote (or how did you vote) on fast-track, and would you support or oppose advancing a final trade agreement which enters the United States into a new international commission with binding authority on future United States trade policy?
ANSWER: I was steadfastly opposed to giving Obama his Fast-Track powers, and would have absolutely voted against it. This is one of the strongest distinctions between me and the other candidates in this race. The Congress, apparently under the magical spell of donors, gave massive new powers to a President who has repeatedly abused his authority. The other candidates in this race actually fought on Obama’s side to give him more power to abuse.
As for creating a new international commission with authority over United States trade policy I am, again, steadfastly opposed. No foreign power should be given any control over the United States. Yet the other candidates who supported Fast Track allowed President Obama to do just that. It’s not too late to save our sovereignty: when I win the nomination, I will put America back in charge.
Question 2: If the vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership were held today, and you had a vote to cast in Congress, would you vote for it or against it?
ANSWER: I have strongly and consistently opposed the TPP. For decades, I have warned about how our terrible trade deals are killing the middle class. We are getting taken to the cleaners. My message on trade has been consistent from the beginning, and if politicians had listened to me years ago we would have saved millions of jobs, rebuilt our crumbling infrastructure, and saved trillions of dollars.
My candidacy is the only way to stop this terrible deal that will send our manufacturing
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I agree, I owned a business. It is unfortunate some labor unions did not work WITH our manufacturing companies. The main reason for the our manufacturing base moving to other countries.
OOPS, my BAD, I responded to the wrong post. Excuse me.
Long, consistent track record.
Highest conservative ratings by every conservative organization that gives them.
Did exactly what he promised unlike Rubio and the rest of the politicians.
Hated by all the right people.
Don’t be fooled by the deceptive hit pieces.
Thing is that I don’t want to dislike Cruz. But if we’re going to apply one standard to Donald Trump, we have to apply the same standard to every candidate.
And from the standards that I see used on this site by people who claim to support Cruz, not even Cruz himself can measure up to them.
“Like the Chamber of Commerce?”
The Chamber of Commerce hates Cruz, unless you know something I do not. Or do you actually think they are conservative. I understood your question to be sarcastic. Please tell me it is.
They and their ilk hate Cruz. Includes Dems, GOPe, MSM, Planned Parenthood, etc.
Don’t be fooled into siding with our sworn enemies against the most conservative candidate in the race.
Cruz is the most conservative across the board.
There are some positions of Trump that I support and that Cruz has been reluctant to embrace.
He is also more fiscally conservative. Although I understand why some fear the globalism issue. When it comes to globalism, the conservative position is not cut and dry. Globalism CAN be beneficial to our interests, but we need leaders who actually put our interests first. There are too many sellouts.
Part of the problem is trying to compete with businesses that do not have to pay American wages, deal with US labor laws, OSHA, and other bureaucracy.
Cruz is for low tax and reducing government waste, and also getting the federal government out of unconstitutional nanny state activities. Strong fiscal conservatism even if he is not a protectionist. I really do not think Trump and Cruz are different on globalism. Trump is probably a better negotiator on international trade though.
A Trump-Cruz ticket is the biggest fear of Dems. It would be unstoppable.
“He is, without a doubt, the most conservative on social issues but what difference will that make when we are no longer a country?”
Do we have one now? When Planned Parenthood is caught selling baby body parts, they are not indicted but the investigative journalists are. When Christians who own their own business are told they must participate in abortion and homosexual marriage or lose their business, face crippling fines, or even be thrown in jail, do we still have the country?
“I would rather vote for someone who has facts, information, and reasoning ability than ideological purity.”
If someone has acts, information, and reasoning ability, then they MUST be ideologically conservative. But then what people DO is often more revealing about a person’s true beliefs and values than what he says. Cruz has a conservative track record.
Trump’s reply in this article is great, as I already said. Cruz is still the one I trust most.
“Most conservative orgs are for open borders for goods and services.”
So you blame the messenger when you don’t like the message.
Surely you can find at least one conservative organization that share’s your views on free trade.
“Trump is rewriting the conservative playbook, and it’s about time.”
We do need a great negotiator like Trump. But we also need someone who will promise not to let Planned Parenthood have billions of our tax dollars.
For me, Despite all the bad blood between supporters of Cruz and Trump, I still like both of them.
I think a Trump-Cruz ticket would be unstoppable.
As long as the two of them can bury the hatchet between them, I think you’re correct.
Trump/Sessions could probably do the same thing, with some advantages and disadvantages over Cruz.
Trump needs to hire a speechwriter... last night's acceptance speech was a metaphorical 'black tie event' and Trump needed to step outside his more causal role... his ideas are strong and citizens need to hear them...
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