Stop.
Please.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/putting-congress-in-charge-on-trade-1429659409
It's called Trade Promotion Athority. TPA.
While I disagree with Cruz on this topic, it is a failure of judgement not principals.
He wanted to pass TPA because he though a better trade deal could be negotiated by a single party rather than having it negotiated by 435 parties in Congress. TPA gives the administration the authority to negotiate the deal and then Congress the authority to accept or reject the deal that has been negotiated.
It was first put in place in 1975 and has been renewed several times since.
In theory, it is a good idea. When you have a Marxist in the White House it is a bad idea in practice.
I wish Cruz hadn't supported it. It is not TPP as you claim, which is a terrible, sovereignty killing, job killing atrocity. It is TPA
I feel like I am talking to a monkey.
Boy, you need to do some research.
TPA and TPP. Cruz supported them both until he realized that he couldn’t pretend to be a conservative and support them at the same time. If you want to get into technicalities, he didn’t vote for TPP, just spoke glowingly of it (and TPA) and then changed his tune as soon as the text actually came out—and after he got an earful from actual conservatives.
Of course, he COULD have just made a mistake and realized that it was a terrible thing. Maybe he changed his mind. I’d be willing to accept that explanation without having to call you a monkey.
Of course, if we use your standards, no one is ever allowed to make a mistake. Ever. And anyone who ever supported something wrong in the past is a demon and must be killed. Except Cruz, of course. Everything he does has to be excused.
Read a book or learn to use The Google instead of sacrificing a goat in your closet St. Ted shrine.
[Cruz was sending out this pro-TPP letter in January 2014. It’s all over the Net; do a little research, why not?]
Recently, I sent the Canadian-born Senator an email asking him not to vote to the Trans-Pacific Partnership or the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Here is his auto-generated response:
“Thank
you for sharing your thoughts regarding trade policy. Input
from constituents significantly informs my decision-making and empowers
me to better represent the state.
One of
my top priorities as your Senator is to promote policies that
facilitate economic growth and opportunities. An important component of a
growing economy is the freedom to trade. Free trade creates a
competitive marketplace, spurring innovation and investment. We benefit
with more access to higher quality goods and services for less. We see
jobs created and our incomes go further due to greater economic
productivity.
Under
President Obama, annual economic growth is anemic and job growth is
stagnant. I hope the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) produce agreements
that reduce government-created barriers to trade, enabling increased
prosperity for all involved. More economic growth will expand
opportunity to those working to climb the economic ladder and achieve
the American Dream.Thank
you again for sharing your views with me. Please feel free to contact
me in the future about any issue important to your family. It is an
honor to serve you and the people of Texas.”
For Liberty,
Senator Ted Cruz
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