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Economic Libertarians Will Have a Friend in Ted Cruz
American Thinker ^ | February 11, 2016 | Theodore A. Gebhard, ...worked with Senator Cruz at the FTC from mid-2001 to 2003

Posted on 02/11/2016 12:52:53 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

"..economic libertarians and others who place a high value on property rights, the right to earn a living, and the right to open a business will find no better friend than Texas senator Ted Cruz...his work at the FTC established a foundation on which the cause of economic liberty progresses still today.Leading a team of senior FTC lawyers, Cruz...relentlessly [fought] against state laws conferring privilege on politically and economically powerful interest groups.Many of these laws do little more than protect entrenched incumbents from small entrepreneurs seeking to open a business and earn a living. Cruz and his team vigorously opposed unjustified state government privilege in such diverse occupations as attorneys,funeral directors,opticians, and mortgage brokers.The goal was always to open up markets to entry by anyone with the talent and desire to compete on a level playing field.

The legal theories that Cruz and his team developed from 2001 to 2003 continue to pay dividends.For example,last year those theories helped secure economic rights for small entrepreneurs providing teeth-whitening services in North Carolina shopping mall kiosks and similar venues...As a result,the new competitors began taking business away from the incumbent dentists.

In response to this emerging competition,...a North Carolina state-sanctioned agency controlled and elected by practicing dentists and..sent letters to the small operators threatening them with potential criminal liability for the unauthorized practice of dentistry.....

...Similarly,resting on the NCSB decision,a Texas telemedicine business brought an antitrust suit against the state's medical board,alleging that the board promulgated a rule for the unlawful purpose of protecting state-licensed physicians against competition from telemedicine providers.The rule prohibits doctors from treating people over the telephone.The court issued a temporary injunction requiring the medical board to suspend the rule pending the outcome of the litigation. ....after the NCSB decision,LegalZoom settled a long-running dispute with the N.C. State Bar...................

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; economy; jobs; libertarian
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To: CA Conservative

What’s wrong with posting the story then? If there is nothing to it, why does everyone seem so defensive?
They act like they are ashamed of something.


61 posted on 02/11/2016 1:59:19 PM PST by r_barton (We the People of the United States...)
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To: r_barton

I don’t think there is anything wrong with the story. I think you and other Trump supporters are dishonest in how you attempt to portray the story, but that could just be tha anti- Christian bigotry that seems to be rampant among Trump supporters coming to the surface.


62 posted on 02/11/2016 2:44:01 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: CA Conservative

Once again a defensive post over the story. Just reporting what his own father said is anti-christian. Interesting.


63 posted on 02/11/2016 2:48:36 PM PST by r_barton (We the People of the United States...)
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To: r_barton

Nice attempt at deflection, but it won’t work.


64 posted on 02/11/2016 2:51:43 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: CA Conservative

He is on the religious fringe and that’s the reason for the embarrassment.


65 posted on 02/11/2016 2:53:48 PM PST by r_barton (We the People of the United States...)
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To: Beagle8U

Yep. Them seasoned Citizens are a ‘special breed’. They seem to think market forces don’t pertain to THEM. /s

“By Joe, I don’t CARE if it’s a Ponzi scheme. As long as I get on the last floor of the pay-outs! (Only) I ‘paid’ all these years (nobody after or since)!!”.

Welcome to the REAL world, FRiend. Maybe you guys should have fought harder to pull the monkey off the back of your grand-children. Least I’m not delusional to think govt promises amount to more than a bucket of warm spit.

Atrocious people, more so ‘conservatives’, think those under 18yrs. should work for the benefit of anyone BUT their own. $60K tax bill from birth. Land of the Free and no slavery...my @ss.


66 posted on 02/11/2016 3:24:41 PM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: SupplySider

“And the prices of what they buy now already reflect a corporate tax rate of 39%.”

BS! Name the corp that paid 39%?

The reason the Fairy tax will NEVER pass is it will screw anyone that has money in the bank.


67 posted on 02/12/2016 7:39:08 AM PST by Beagle8U (Don't settle for Bill de Blasio's NYC 'values'.)
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To: Beagle8U

You have a point about big corporations finding ways around the tax code. The effective rate after all the loopholes is about 24% - 31%, depending on how you measure it, not 39%.

That’s the actual number baked into the cake when retirees and everyone else buys their products

The Cruz plan still cuts that in half.

And it ends the political gaming of the system which gives an unfair competitive advantage to the mega corporations who can afford the lobbying efforts and the cadres of lawyers.

That has a general economic benefit which accrues to all consumers.


68 posted on 02/14/2016 6:10:04 PM PST by SupplySider
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